Biotech Honors Final Research Paper
Final Paper will be due ______.
As always, write in THIRD person.
Paper should be formatted in MLA & contain the following sections and details:
#Introduction
What is your research about? (What does it relate to?)
Why is it important/useful?
What was your hypothesis or goal?
#Literature Review
What has been done or found before you?
Who has looked into this?
When was the last information gathered? How was it gathered?
This information should be cited in the Works Cited
#Procedure
*What did you do? Did you follow someone else’s method? – cite it.
*How did you do it?
When did you do it?
Is this different from what was planned?
Describe materials, techniques, times, etc. BE DETAILED. Your journal will
provide many of the details
^Results
*What did you find?
*Give measurements of growth, how many survived, overall health, etc. Again
BE SPECIFIC – use your lab journal.
*nclude tables, maps, diagrams or graphs as appropriate. (cite these if you didn’t
make them from scratch.)
^Discussion
Explain changes to the procedure, problems, unusual data or omissions.
Why did you do your project this way?
*Analyze your data – be critical about it – is it good?
*Point out any trends or patterns in the data.
*Discuss any significance of data – how does it relate to previous findings?
^Conclusion
What does your project tell us?
Was your hypothesis supported or refuted?
^Recommendations
Should more research be done?
What kind of changes/research do you suggest?
#Works Cited
Follow the MLA format.
Citations from Literature Review, Procedure, Results, Discussion
# : These sections come essentially from your proposal. They should be modified to reflect what actually happened, any changes I recommended when I graded the proposal, and be put into past tense.
^ : These sections are new. They discuss your findings. The information for these sections comes from your lab journal (notes on your research process.) These should also be in past tense. The questions/prompts listed are suggestions, other information may fit in these sections.
* : These may be the most important parts of your paper. If your paper were published, these are the sections most scientists would look at/care about. Be sure to provide as much info as possible in these sections, but write it clearly and concisely.