The Project Report

    The project notebook is a very important part of your science project because it will tell the story of the entire project, from the beginning to the end, and will tell of EVERYTHING you observed, and everything you learned. In a way, this is the most important part of your project.
A project notebook consists the following:

1. The Cover (Folder)
    a. Must be clean, free of smudges, and not be bent or torn.
    b. Must hold inside pages securely and neatly
2. The Title Page
    a. This is the very first page of your notebook
    b. See sample title page
3. The Body of the Report

Use the following outline to organize the report.

I. Purpose or Introduction
    What is the purpose of the project? A brief idea of what the topic involves. What "brought about" the interest in this topic?

II. Hypothesis
What is the proposed outcome to this experiment?

III. Procedure
Describe the materials needed, how they were used and were obtained. Your step-by-step plan.

IV. Observations
The data that you collected would be place here. (Mention only what you see; make no statements here regarding why something happened.)

V. Conclusion
      (Describe here what you think happened; what you learned from doing the experiment, or making the project. Did the outcome support the hypothesis.)
VI. Research
    A review of the literature.
    Here you will write what you learned about your topic from library books, encyclopedias, magazines, etc. This will probably be the MAJOR part of your report.

VII. Acknowledgment of the help you received from others
VIII. Bibliography (See sample bibliography)

        The report follows the title page. By following this outline, your report will be well organized and will be much easier to compose than if you had done your writing without a plan.

    Begin the report with the title of your project and head each category of your report with the corresponding Roman numeral ITEM from the outline, but DO NOT include the Roman numeral, just the words (Purpose, Procedure, etc.)

    Your report should be free of spelling errors, should be clearly readable, must be in ink or typed, and should be written in an interesting and intelligent style. Write only on one side of the paper. If it is typed, it must be double spaced. If using a computer, 12pt. font type size and Times Roman (or equivalent) type font must be used.

    The length of the report should be determined by the nature of your project, the detail of your project, the amount of work done, and your ability and style of writing. In general, a report of seven pages (minimum), including the title page and bibliography, is acceptable.