How you present your research depends on:

• What your teacher has specified.
• Your audience. e.g. presenting to younger children is quite different to presenting to your classmates. 
• The best way to present the data/findings you have researched. e.g. lots of statistics are more effectively shared as graphs or colourful charts, rather than raw data.
• The technology available to you. e.g. there is little point creating a slideshow if you don't have access to a projector!

Thinking and making decisions is something you will do throughout the research process. At this Presenting stage you will be:

deciding how to organise and present that information.

There are many formats for presenting and sharing your research findings:

• Essay and Research reports - every subject and every teacher will have different expectations regarding style, structure, length. Research reports tend to have more headings than essays but always check with your teacher about their expectations!

• Oral presentations can be scary, but practice makes it easier each time.

• Slideshows can look like an easy option. However, flashy special effects can confuse as well as dazzle an audience and will not mask poor quality or quantity of your content. Spend more time researching the content than on creating the slideshow. Beware of 'powerpointless-ness'.

• Most assignments, particularly in senior school, will require a bibliography. This is your evidence that you have used a range of sources in your research. Where those sources include people who have directly given you information you should acknowledge them too. There are now several online tools to help you do this.