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📊 Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides · Lesson 7 of 7

Final project: a presentation from A to Z

Google Classroom

Build a complete 6-slide presentation with a checklist.

The structure

  1. Slide 1 — Title: topic, your name, class, date
  2. Slide 2 — Why this topic: a question or surprising fact
  3. Slides 3–4 — Main content: one idea per slide, with a picture
  4. Slide 5 — A chart, table or diagram
  5. Slide 6 — Summary and a question for the class
  6. Bonus: a Sources slide

Checklist before presenting

One themeSame colors and fonts on every slide
ReadableText 24+ points, strong contrast
Short3–5 bullets per slide, no paragraphs
PicturesSharp, not stretched, with credit
AnimationsOnly where they help
NotesSpeaker notes on every slide
PracticeAt least twice, with a timer

Sharing and handing in

Google Slides: Share > copy link, or submit it in Google Classroom. PowerPoint: share from OneDrive, or File > Save As > PDF if your teacher wants a PDF (animations are lost in a PDF).

Tip

💡 Ask a friend to watch your slides without you talking. If they understand the main idea of each slide in 5 seconds, you did great.

✏️ Practice: your turn

  1. Choose a topic you care about
  2. Build the 6 slides by the structure above
  3. Go through the checklist and fix what is missing
  4. Present it — to your class or your family

🧠 Quick quiz

Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.

1. What goes on the last slide?
2. What happens to animations in a PDF?
3. How many ideas per slide?
4. What is the “5-second test”?

0 of 4 correct

All lessons in Presentations: PowerPoint & Google Slides

  1. 🖥️ 1. Your first slideA new presentation, a title slide, more slides and saving
  2. 🎨 2. Design that looks goodThemes, colors, fonts and very little text
  3. 🖼️ 3. Pictures, icons and videoInsert a picture, crop it, add icons and credit the source
  4. ✨ 4. Animations and transitionsTransitions between slides, bullets one by one, and moderation
  5. 📈 5. Tables, charts and diagramsShow numbers so people understand them at once
  6. 🎤 6. Presenting to the classSlide Show mode, speaker notes, practice and nerves
  7. 🏁 7. Final project: a presentation from A to ZBuild a complete 6-slide presentation with a checklist