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THE TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT GOES 3” FROM THE TOP MARGIN, CENTERED; IF IT IS MORE THAN ONE LINE, THE SECOND LINE SHOULD BE SHORTER

(The title is a work in progress. Give your best idea of your title at this point)

By

Your Name

Honors Biology

Dr. Hensley

Current Date (correct date on title page with each submission)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Research Question

Hypothesis

Literature Review

Materials

Procedures

Results

Conclusions

References

The page numbers show actual page that the section starts on. The above table of Content has been auto-setup i.e.when you add info in your document;the page number updates will be taken care of by Word. You just need to refresh the table of content (Press F9 and select “update whole table”) and make sure that the font of the Table is “Times New Roman size 12”.

How to create a automatic Table of content (like the one above):

-Click on “References”

-Select “Table of Content” on the left-hand side

-Select “Automatic Table 2”

Research Question

Double-spaced. What is the question you are trying to answer?(You can copy and paste revised version of this from your Research Plan)

Hypothesis

State your educated guess as to the outcome of the experiment (NO personal pronouns "I", " We"," You") .What is your prediction about the experiment (What is the answer to your statement of the problem)? Try to state it in an “If…., then….” statement or prediction statement. This may be altered after you conduct your Literature Review and learn more about your topic. However, it must be finalized before you conduct your study/experiment. (You can copy and paste revised version of this from your Research Plan).

Literature Review

Indent paragraphs 5 spaces. A paragraph has at least 3 sentences. Each paragraph has a topic sentence, supporting sentences and an ending sentence. Write in 3rd person. Do not use the words "you" or "I".

The background information portion of your science research paper should be 1000 words of information related to your topic in the following order:

Introduction to topic

What is already known about this area of research?

Description of project including variables (IV, DV, Control, constant) in experiment

Previous research done in this area

How your project relates to or expands on previous research

Explain unique procedures that might be required

Define unfamiliar terms in all sections (within the body of the paper)

Citations should be used instead of any type of footnote or endnote. The citation should be located at the end of a sentence or paragraph and should be in the following form (Author, year). Your paper should be full of citations.(See hints and tips about APA style citations within the text of your literature review).

Make all revisions indicated by your teacher on your first draft and any edits/revisions thereafter until the final draft is complete.

Please refer to the guidelines and rubric for Literature Review while filling in this section of the Paper. When you get your graded Literature review, copy & paste the revised version here.

Materials

List all the materials used….do not use a numbered list. Use plain list as shown.

Please refer to Research Planwhile filling in this portion of the Paper.

One 100 ml graduated cylinder

Three 500 ml glass beakers

Procedures

  1. List the steps to conduct your experiment so that another person could duplicate it.
  2. The steps must be numbered.
  3. Do not write in first person (no I, we, you)
  4. Identify the IV, DV, and control group
  5. Describe constants
  6. Please refer to Research Planwhile filling in this section of the Paper.You can copy and paste revised version of this from your Research Plan

Results

This section will be blank until you actually have results.Please refer to Data Analysis while filling in this section of the Paper.

This section includes three parts listed below:

Summary – Write an explanation of the statistics in paragraph form. Include a reference to your table and graph, topic sentence and variables, null hypothesis (rejected or not) and the original hypothesis (supported or refuted).

Table –This is not a table of your raw data. It is a summary of the statistics done. Titles go above the table in ALL CAPS.

Graph – select an appropriate graph type (line, bar etc). IV goes on X-axis, DV goes on Y axis. Label axis with names and unit, include a key. Title goes below the graph in ALL CAPS.

Conclusions

This section will be blank until you have analyzed your results and performed statistical analysis.

The following questions should be addressed in the conclusion in the paragraph form.

What was the purpose of the experiment?

Is the hypothesis supported or refuted?

What do the results mean?

What is the reason for the results? (Why did plant 1 grow taller that plant 2?)

How do your results compare to the results of other related experiments discussed in the background section?

Was any new information discovered?

What value does this information have to society?

Any possible sources of error?

How could this experiment be improved?

Any other ideas for experimentation?

Do you have plans to continue?

If something went wrong or your experiment didn’t work, explain why this happened.

References

All sources used and cited within your background research should be included in an alphabetical order (NOT numbered). The first line of an entry is NOT indented; the second and all other lines are indented. You must have 10 sources APA style (6 Edition).Please refer to Research Planand Literature reviewwhile filling in this section of the Paper.When you get your graded references (that you have turned in with Literature review, copy & paste the revised version here.

Fine, M. A., & Kurdek, L. A. (1993). Reflections on determining authorship credit and authorship order on faculty-student collaborations. American Psychologist, 48, 1141–1147.

Nicol, A. A. M., & Pexman, P. M. (1999).Presenting your findings: A practical guide for creating tables.Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved March 21, 2001, from