PowerPoint 101
PowerPoint 101
PowerPoint 101
The purpose of the PowerPoint exercise format is to make Biology in a Box less time‐consuming for teacher planning, and easier
to implement in the classroom. The PowerPoint version of the exercises is designed for teacher‐led exploration of the material
involving the entire class, while the booklet included in the trunk provides the small group template for the exercises.
You are welcome to change the PowerPoint presentations to meet your own needs; however, before using Biology in a Box CD
material, you should save the desired files/folders to your own computer.
To save the files, insert the Biology in a Box CD into the CD drive on your computer and do the following:
1. Click on “Start” [or the MS logo] 3. Double‐click “Biology in a Box CD”
2. Click “[My] Computer” 4. Select desired unit folder and copy/paste to your computer.
The copy on your computer is the file that can be used and changed as you desire.
Please do not attempt to change or edit the files on the CD in any way!
You can also download documents and files from our website at http://www.bio.utk.edu/biologyinbox/available.htm.
Each disc provided with each learning unit contains materials for all of our thematic units, organized into folders labeled with
each unit’s name. Folders for each unit also contain additional sub‐folders containing the following:
A teacher version of the materials list for each unit (showing answers to numbered “mystery items”)
The workbook for each unit, in PDF format
The PowerPoint presentation for each unit (These files are also provided in PDF format for teachers who may need to
print the slides for use on transparencies for overhead projectors.)
Tennessee math and science curriculum standards addressed by each unit
Additional supplementary reading (in the form of scientific journal articles) that are appropriate for use by high school
classes
Some pictures and/or text may also be clickable links (usually specified on the slide), which are also activated only
when the presentation is viewed in Slideshow mode.
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Biology in a Box ‐‐ PowerPoint 101
Below is a simple guide to making your own PowerPoint presentations, or to modify the Biology in a Box PowerPoint
presentations to better fit your own needs. All of the below instructions are for PowerPoint 2007, in the Microsoft Office
2007 suite. If you have any questions on how to perform any of these tasks in older versions of PowerPoint, the following
links provide helpful tutorials:
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en‐us/powerpoint‐help/create‐your‐first‐presentation‐RZ001129842.aspx
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