I am working on science fair at my school, and I don’t quite understand how to write the abstract (do we all even need it?) and the research paper, which I am kind of getting, but not much. Please help, it’s due very soon. Thanks.
Wow !
I also have to do that for my science fair!
here there are the examples that my teacher has in her web page
discovered. You will write a report of this kind, summarizing your work on your science fair project and presenting what you found out by doing your experiment.
This paper should have all of the following sections. Each section should be clearly marked with a title. If you are missing a section, you will lose points. You have already begun work on many of the sections listed below, but you will need to revise what you wrote, improve it based on comments from your teacher and other proofreaders.
Title – Title, your name, class period, teacher, due date
Abstract- a brief condensation of the entire report, in one page or less.
Statement of Problem/Purpose- This is a statement of the problem that you examined and why it is important. This should include your hypothesis (written as if…then…).
Materials and Methods- in a detailed list what you used and the steps you followed to complete your experiment.
Results- data obtained from your experiment in table and graph form
Analysis and Conclusion- Sumarize the principles involved in the project and what you learned; describe the results. Was your hypothesis correct? What can you conclude from your results? Discuss how your experiment worked and any problems that were encountered and how you handled them.
Sources of Error- An explanation of anything that could have incorrectly influenced your results/procedures.
Acknowledgements: A list of people who helped you and an expression of any gratitude you might have towards them.
References: A list of your background research sources in MLA format.
Everything should be in Times New Roman 12 pt font and double spaced.
Please start your results section and your analysis/conclusion section on separate pages. Your results section can be the same as the one you just turned in IF you do not have any corrections to make.
Good example of how to write your analysis:
SAMPLE A
The hypothesis that the plant that is watered more frequently would grow best was correct. Table 1 shows the growth of the two plants over the six week time period. The plant that was watered twice each week, (A), grew from 5 inches to 7 inches in six weeks, while the plant that was watered once a week, (B), grew from 5 inches to 0.5 inches in the same time period. Plant A grew 1.5 inches more than plant B. If a plant is watered twice a week instead of once a week, it will grow faster.
Not so good example:
SAMPLE B
I was amazed at how different the plants grew! The plant that was watered 2 times grew much better than the other.
This was shown by the fact that it grew 2 inches and the other only grew 1 inch. This goes to show that watering a plant more often, even though you wind up giving it the same amount of water, is better. My hypothesis is correct. This is shown by what I just said.
Hope it helped!
October 26th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Wow !
I also have to do that for my science fair!
here there are the examples that my teacher has in her web page
discovered. You will write a report of this kind, summarizing your work on your science fair project and presenting what you found out by doing your experiment.
This paper should have all of the following sections. Each section should be clearly marked with a title. If you are missing a section, you will lose points. You have already begun work on many of the sections listed below, but you will need to revise what you wrote, improve it based on comments from your teacher and other proofreaders.
Title – Title, your name, class period, teacher, due date
Abstract- a brief condensation of the entire report, in one page or less.
Statement of Problem/Purpose- This is a statement of the problem that you examined and why it is important. This should include your hypothesis (written as if…then…).
Materials and Methods- in a detailed list what you used and the steps you followed to complete your experiment.
Results- data obtained from your experiment in table and graph form
Analysis and Conclusion- Sumarize the principles involved in the project and what you learned; describe the results. Was your hypothesis correct? What can you conclude from your results? Discuss how your experiment worked and any problems that were encountered and how you handled them.
Sources of Error- An explanation of anything that could have incorrectly influenced your results/procedures.
Acknowledgements: A list of people who helped you and an expression of any gratitude you might have towards them.
References: A list of your background research sources in MLA format.
Everything should be in Times New Roman 12 pt font and double spaced.
Please start your results section and your analysis/conclusion section on separate pages. Your results section can be the same as the one you just turned in IF you do not have any corrections to make.
Good example of how to write your analysis:
SAMPLE A
The hypothesis that the plant that is watered more frequently would grow best was correct. Table 1 shows the growth of the two plants over the six week time period. The plant that was watered twice each week, (A), grew from 5 inches to 7 inches in six weeks, while the plant that was watered once a week, (B), grew from 5 inches to 0.5 inches in the same time period. Plant A grew 1.5 inches more than plant B. If a plant is watered twice a week instead of once a week, it will grow faster.
Not so good example:
SAMPLE B
I was amazed at how different the plants grew! The plant that was watered 2 times grew much better than the other.
This was shown by the fact that it grew 2 inches and the other only grew 1 inch. This goes to show that watering a plant more often, even though you wind up giving it the same amount of water, is better. My hypothesis is correct. This is shown by what I just said.
Hope it helped!
References :
Im also making that!!