What? I can only choose two?

I thoroughly enjoyed the PowerPoint presentations this past week and its hard for me to pick out two favorites to blog about! It was great to learn more about my classmates, seeing as how they're usually hidden behind their computer screens from where I sit. Also, as an undeclared first-year, it was encouraging to see students who have selected a major and really made it their own.
The first presentation that really caught my attention was over the origin of paper money. It was clear that Rachel carefully selected her graphics; on one slide she had a faded image of an old cash register, and on another she had a string of dollar bills bordering the bottom of the page. Her slide organization had a logical flow, starting at paper money's Chinese origin and progressing to money circulation in the U.S. I also really liked that she included facts about money's design, sighting 1929 as the year in which faces were put on U.S. dollars.
A second presentation that I enjoyed was over Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Aside from creating a well produced presentation, I think Marlies introduced an entirely new concept and device that few in the class knew about. She did a great job of illustrating the use of NMRs by using the common painkiller Ibuprofen as an example. Apparently, NMRs test the content of elements and compounds on a molecular level for safety and research purposes. Her slides had great graphics like the Ibuprofen bottle and the photo of the giant NMR machine, and her over all explanation of the scientific concepts was concise.
This was really a fun project, and I hope that we get to view each other's work again with the upcoming postcard assignment!