Display board

Posters and display boards at a science fair

A display board is a board-shaped material that is rigid and strong enough to stand on its own, and generally used paper or other materials affixed to it. Display board may also be referred to as poster board. Along with quad charts, display boards were an early form of fast communication developed by the National Weather Service of the United States Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[1]

Poster board

Poster board or posterboard is a type of display board used for displaying posters and other flat printed matter. It comes in large sheets in a variety of colors and is significantly larger than A2. In the US, the standard size for poster board is 22" x 28" x .05". It can be particularly light and flimsy, as it is primarily expected to support sheets of paper, photos, glitter, lettering and other small, light items that are glued onto it. It can be recycled and used again as something else.

Poster board can be found in many art supply and office supply stores. Drug stores and convenience stores carry it as well. A variety of additional supplies can be used with poster board to enhance its presentation. Poster board is often used for making event posters, science projects and other school activities.

Folded display boards

Traditional tri fold display boards are single sheet corrugated boards divided into three panels by score marks[2]. Typically, the two outside panels are half the width of the center panel. Generally placed on a table, they are more stable and able to stand while still giving a theater-like view. Header boards can be added to the top display board and an easel stand can be attached to the back.

In North America, display boards are often used by students in the public school system for Science[3], Social Studies[4] and English projects[5]. Outside the classroom students use display boards to promote clubs, recognize athletics and display art projects. The purpose of the display board in that context is to catch the viewer's attention and explain what was performed and what was learned. Outside school, display boards are used for business trade shows, marketing, genealogy, life celebrations, arts and crafts, and memorials.

Science Fair Display Boards are required to follow published guidelines. Board contents include Project Title, Abstract, Question, Hypothesis, Background, Research, Materials, Procedure, Results, Conclusion and Future Directions. [6] Ed. Walter Kelly. Westminster: Teacher Created Resource, Inc., 2005. ISBN 1576906000</ref> Such display boards will usually contain images and figures in addition to text.


Tablet interactive display board

Display board for a tablet is an interactive display board made by attaching an electronic multimedia device to the display board. Methods for attaching tablets to display boards include cutting a window into a display board and fixing a pocket behind the window to insert and hold the tablet[7], pins pushed into the face of a display board and the tablet is rested on the pins, a lanyard is attached to the tablet and the lanyard is hung on the display board.[8] or dual sided adhesive tape is attached to the display board and tablet. [9]. Projex Boards manufactures a display board for tablets, with a pocket, easel and header board. The purpose of tablet display boards is to hold the tablet at eye-level on the display board to facilitate better communication between audience and presenter. Some tablet interactive display boards have apertures for electrical cords[10] in the form of openings at the bottom of the display board.

References

  1. ↑ Government Accountability Office report to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Managing for results enhancing agency use of performance information for management decision making, pg. 28. GAO-05-927, September 2005.
  2. ↑ https://student.societyforscience.org/intel-isef-display-and-safety-regulations
  3. ↑ http://physics.usc.edu/ScienceFairs/
  4. ↑ https://www.pinterest.com/weareteachers/social-studies-projects-and-lessons/
  5. ↑ https://www.pinterest.com/explore/biography-project/
  6. ↑ "Perfecting the Project Display Board". Science Buddies.
  7. ↑ "Display board for multimedia devices".
  8. ↑ Faulkes, Zen (16 August 2012). "iPoster".
  9. ↑ Kotoulas, Argyris. "science poster board display". www.posterpresentations.com.
  10. ↑ https://www.google.com/patents/USD753663
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