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One copy Teacher edited first draft Teacher edited second draft Logbook Third draft certification form Title page, Table of Contents,

Background information with introductory paragraph research, and summary paragraph, materials and methods, Works Cited, and whatever else you can get written.

The Table of ContentsThe Table of Contents

You must include a Table of ContentsSeparate pagePut a centered header on this page –

Table of ContentsPut a page number for the start of each

sectionThat means that the pages of your paper

need to be numbered – top right corner!

Table of Contents

Introduction/Background Information 1

Hypothesis 5

Methods and Materials 5

Data 7

Analysis 8

Conclusion 9

Acknowledgements 10

Works Cited 11

Appendix 13

The Table of ContentsThe Table of Contents

Notice that there are no “pg” or “page” written by the numbers.

Notice that the numbers are the first page the item occurs on, not the range

Notice the numbers are flush right and the topics are flush left

Your Third DraftYour Third Draft

After your materials and methods section, you can add your results (data) and then your analysis of those results.

Even if you do not have all of your results, you can write about what you have so that you can get it critiqued by a teacher before the final draft that gets graded.

Results SectionResults Section

Immediately after methods, present the data collected in the experiment in tables and/or graphs;

AND summarize the data in paragraph form.

Include statistical analysis of the data - this is the analysis (averaging, standard deviation, etc.) of the data.

Raw data is placed in the appendix in table form.

The raw data for the red ripe plum tomatoes showed pH values

ranging from 4.12 to 4.46. The raw data for the canned red tomatoes showed

pH values ranging from 4.27 to 4.45. The raw data for the canned red roma

tomatoes showed pH values ranging from 4.17 to 4.26. For a complete table

of the raw data, see Appendix B.

The mean pH for the red ripe plum tomato was 4.33+/-0.10. The

mean pH for the canned red plum tomatoes was 4.36+/-0.09 and the mean

pH for the canned roma tomatoes was 4.20+/-0.03. The canned plum

tomatoes had the highest average pH and the canned roma tomatoes had the

lowest average pH. The fresh red plum tomatoes’ pH was lower than the

canned version.

Table One: Average pH of Tomato Samples Fresh Red Canned Red Canned Red Plum Tomatoes Plum Tomatoes Roma Tomatoes

Sample size , N

10 10 10

Average pH

4.33 4.36 4.20

Standard deviation

0.10 0.09 0.03

Figure One illustrates that there is an overlap between confidence

intervals of fresh red plum tomatoes, the canned red plum tomatoes, and the

canned red roma tomatoes. This is interpreted to mean that the fresh red

plum tomatoes pH values are not significantly different from the canned red

plum tomatoes’ values and the canned red plum tomatoes’ pH values are not

significantly different from the canned red roma tomatoes’ values.

Discussion/ConclusionDiscussion/Conclusion

Immediately after the results section is the finale of your paper.

Your discussion should flow smoothly and logically from your results. BE THOROUGH!

A complete discussion should include the questions on the next slide.

Lastly, in a final paragraph, briefly summarize your entire experiment – the conclusion.

Make sure not to introduce anything in Make sure not to introduce anything in this section that has not already been this section that has not already been discussed in your background discussed in your background information.information. Be specific, do not Be specific, do not generalize.generalize.

AppendixAppendix

Separate pagePut a centered header on this page. Include critical information that is too

lengthy for the main section of the paper, such as raw data, additional tables and graphs, copies of surveys or tests, construction details and diagrams of specialized equipment.

Not all of you will have this section – depends on equipment used in experiment and data collected – See your teacher for more information.

AppendixAppendix

If you have more than one appendix, label them Appendix A, Appendix B, etc. and place them on separate pages.

For your table of Contents, they can be listed separately by letter or all together

Order of PaperOrder of Paper

Title page – separate pageTable of Contents – separate pageBackground, materials and methods, data,

analysis, conclusionAcknowledgements – separate pageWorks Cited – separate pageAppendix/Appendices – separate page(s)