Scientific Paper Outline

The Relationship Between _____________ and __________

Name:

Science 9 – Mr. Winberg – Hour _

Purpose

    The purpose of this lab is to investigate the relationship between ________ and ________.

    

Background Information

Usually provided by the teacher. If not, find your own.

Information necessary to understand the relationship between ____ and ____

Cite your references using endnotes (see a scientific journal article for an example)

Hypothesis/Prediction

What do you expect the results to be?

Why do you expect to get these results?

Procedure

Steps should be listed and numbered

Steps should be clearly written giving necessary details

Data

Must be in the form of a table and/or graph.

The correct type of graph should be used.

Analysis

What is the data telling you?

Do you see any trends?

Are there any irregularities in the data (outliers)? Provide possible explanations for these.

Conclusion

Restate the purpose

Give a brief description of how you investigated it.

What did the data tell you?

What additional questions do your findings raise?

References

Give a list of references in APA style