PechuKucha Research Presentation What is Pechu Kucha Pecha

Pechu-Kucha Research Presentation

What is Pechu Kucha? • Pecha Kucha (which means “Chit Chat” in Japanese) is a way of presenting material that is image-based. No text is on the slides. • It means that the audience will not suffer from “death by bullet-point” (a. k. a. boredom) • As a team, come up with an essential question to use as a focus for your images and your presentation.

• Set up your images in a Power. Point so that each image is on the screen for only 20 seconds while you give your presentation that informs the audience about your research and answer the essential question. • Rehearse your speech so that it is timed correctly, answers the essential question, informs and engages the class, and includes smooth transitions. • Finish with a Works Cited screen.

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Why is the soybean industry important? • In 2001, Georgia farmers harvested 155, 000 acres of soybeans producing 4. 2 million bushels. Value of production totaled $17. 8 million. • Soybeans are used in an array of foods including: soy milk, soy yogurt, soy burgers, soy loaf and sausage, mayonnaise, salad dressing, cheese, frosting, and chocolate. • The average yield of U. S. soybeans was 11 bushels per acre in 1924 and increased to 25. 4 bushels per acre in 1966. The record high yield for the national soybean average of 41. 9 bushels per acre occurred in 1994. • In the United States the total soybean production in 1924 was 1. 8 million acres harvested. That grew to 63. 4 million acres of soybean harvested in 1996.