Caution for PowerPoint users: the newest version of PowerPoint (Office 2007) saves in a format that is incompatible with older versions of MS-Office, and so won't work on our classroom PC. If you are using this new version, instead of SAVE under the FILE menu, click SAVE_AS and choose "PowerPoint 93-2003 Presentation" from the FORMAT menu. This should save the presentation in the "normal" *.ppt format.
Additional notes:
1) Prepare enough material for about 10 minutes of presentation, then practice it and add/subtract content to hit this mark. As with any presentation, it is an imposition on your audience to go too long, and it detracts from your grade (and credibility) if you go too short.
2) All images should be saved in a widely-accepted format such as JPEG (GIF and TIFF are usually OK too). Photos should be scanned (I've had good luck with 100 dots per inch (dpi), though it may be wise to experiment on a few images before scanning them all).
3) You need not present all the images you took for your project -- focus on the best ones. Be sure to keep other images on our CCD PC computer at the observatory so I can inspect them and give you credit for them. Please get me a list (paper or email) of all the images you wish to have count toward your project (include directory path on the PC, image name, subject, and exposure time).
4) Because you can build your page gradually, I'm happy to inspect it as you go and give you feedback. I can also give provisional project grades ("at this point, this looks like a B+") so you can decide when to stop adding.
5) I like to stamp each of my images with a date and name (see examples) to discourage others from taking it and claiming it as their own. I encourage you to do this too. It is easily done if you know Adobe ImageReady or PhotoShop.