Science Homework Help

A scientific report usually consists of the following sections, which you will include as separate sections with these headings in your report.  By the way, a good report is a stand alone document. Therefore, someone outside the class should be able to read your report, reproduce the experiment and obtain similar results!

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Introduction – in depth discussion of background information; aim for at least a full page that is heavily cited.

1. Hypothesis – concise, testable, verifiable, third person
2. Materials and methods – detailed list and set of instructions
3. Results – charts, tables, graphs and a brief description
4. Discussion – in depth discussion of what the data means and how it is relevant
5. Conclusion – your thoughts on improving experiment, unexpected results, etc
6. Literature cited – minimum of 3 scholarly sources that are cited parenthetically within the text
7. Here are several websites that should help give you a better idea of what generally belongs in each section: