Many of you are doing a traditional experimental format for your biology project, others are doing projects that involve presentations or scientific processes that do not have the standard experimental format. The type of project you are doing really makes little difference, but the way you approach it does make a difference.  Below are some guidelines that I want you to follow in completing your project.
      You are going to develop a project paper, which will give all the details or steps that are listed below. Before any of you begin your project this paper must be completed and handed in for approval. The only due date we have on these projects is that all work must be completed by May 1st , 2000. The reason there is such a length of time allotted for the projects is for those students who are doing plant or animal research, it may take them several months to obtain the data from their project they are looking for. Here is the  format for the paper you will turn in before beginning the project.

This paper must be typed just as your research paper must be typed.

1. Hypothesis- This is the testable statement which gives the purpose for doing the  project.

2. Materials List- This is a very detailed list of all the materials you will need to conduct the experiment or project.  List all material needed in scientific measurement amounts. Do not talk about the material in vague unmeasurable amounts. Make sure that this is a detailed list, have a list of everything needed, down to the last toothpick.

3. Procedure- This is a step by step sequential order of how you will conduct your experiment or project. I want you to write this so that even a 5th grader could follow your instructions and repeat this project as you intend it to be done. Anyone who follows in your steps or recreates this project should come up with the same data if you are detailed enough with how to conduct it. Remember that by doing several trials of this experiment or project, this will provide validity to your data collection and analysis.

4. Data Collection- This is the method on how we are going to collect our data. You need to explain exactly what you are going to measure and how you are going to record  your measurements. Remember to use measurements that are scientific as often as possible. Make sure you include an example of the chart or method you will use to collect the data you obtain.

5. Conclusion- This is where you will write about how you will analyze your data or what conclusions you may draw from the data you collected. You may want to look at this as how you are going to sort and organize or compare your data to give you a statement  in the form of a theory.