Observation: information skills

Choose topic: read, write, and think about questions to answer and problems to solve.
Narrow topic for study and research.
Read and take notes about your topic. Be sure to keep tract of your references!
Ask a question, pose a problem to be solved, or suggest a possible pattern.

Interpretation: reasoning skills

Propose an answer to your question, a solution to the problem or a prediction.
Design a result table: To focus on the real question being asked and identify observations to be measured.

Design your experiment: materials and method. Don’t forget Repetition and Control!
Conduct your experiment.

Record results: observation skills
Analyze results: interpretation skills
Conclusion and proposal to improve or find answers to clarify answers for further experimentation. Repeat if needed, or continue to be thorough.

Introduction: State the problem or question and the hypothesis, explain your topic, what others already know, and why your discovery will be important to know.
Materials and method: Describe the materials in your experiment and what you did in detail so that someone else can repeat the experiment.
Results: Report your results in an easy to understand chart or table. Label your charts and create titles that explain the charts.
Conclusion: Explain why your results lead you to a conclusion and how it compares with other findings and conclusions. Propose new experiments to improve what you have done or to answer additional questions.
Bibliography: Cite at least five printed sources in correct reference format. But, be sure to cite everything you read. The more references you list, the more scholarly your paper will be.
Abstract: Write a concise, one paragraph summary of your project: question, hypothesis, method, results, and conclusion.