- 1). Create a Web document that supports rich text. This can be a Google Document or a text box on a Web page.
- 2). Create six sections for the paper, each centered on the page and typed in all caps. Label the sections "ABSTRACT," "INTRODUCTION," "MATERIALS AND METHODS," "RESULTS," "DISCUSSION" and "LITERATURE CITED." You may also include an "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" section before "LITERATURE CITED" and an "APPENDICES" section at the end, if required.
- 3). Describe why you performed your experiment in the "INTRODUCTION." Discuss the previous literature available on the topic, the subject you investigated, the way you conducted your investigation and how it contributes additional knowledge to science.
- 4). Explain how you performed your study in the "METHODS AND MATERIALS" section. Describe the subject of your investigation, how you structured and executed your experiment and how you analyzed the results. If you performed a field study, include the date and location of the study.
- 5). Discuss what you learned from your study in the "DETAILS" section. Include charts, graphs and figure where they are useful.
- 6). Interpret the results for the reader in the "DISCUSSIONS" section. Describe the new knowledge that your experiment contributed to science and address any contradictions with previous theories.
- 7). Mention any people who significantly contributed to your experiment in the "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" section, if applicable. Include anyone who reviewed your paper as well as people who contributed financially.
- 8). List all references that you cited in your paper in the "LITERATURE CITED" section. Alphabetize the entries by the author's last name.
- 9). Offer additional, but nonessential, information in the "APPENDICES" section, if necessary.
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Divide each section into subsections, if necessary. Identify each subsection with a heading in which each word is capitalized and underlined or placed in bold italics. Left-align each heading. - 11
Type an abstract that summarizes the paper in 200 to 300 words. Base the abstract upon two or three key sentences in the "INTRODUCTION," "METHODS AND MATERIALS," "RESULTS" and "DISCUSSION" sections. - 12
Add a concise but very specific title that describes exactly what the paper is about.
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