This document provides general guidelines for students completing an investigatory project, including the objectives of the project and guidelines for formatting the project write-up. The write-up should include sections for the title page, abstract, acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusions, recommendations, appendix, bibliography, and references. Scientific fraud and plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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Investigatory Project: General Guidelines
This document provides general guidelines for students completing an investigatory project, including the objectives of the project and guidelines for formatting the project write-up. The write-up should include sections for the title page, abstract, acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusions, recommendations, appendix, bibliography, and references. Scientific fraud and plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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Investigatory Project
General Guidelines Objectives
To provide students with the opportunity to apply
chemistry– related concepts. To develop an interest among students to engage in any scientific work as manifested in their active participation and involvement in the project. To provide students with educational opportunities and experiences through direct participation in scientific research To recognize the students efforts in completing the project by displaying their work Format: Project Write - Up
The project write – up must be typewritten or
computerized, double spaced in short bond paper, TNR 12 and follows the following format: short folder. Title Page – should briefly and accurately describe the contents of the write – up. Abstract – should consist of short and concise description of the problem and its solutions. It includes: a. Purpose c. Results b. Procedure d. Conclusions Format: Project Write - Up
3. Acknowledgment – contains the names of people and
agencies that helped in the conduct of the work described. 4. Table of Contents – lists the different parts of the whole report with corresponding page number of each part 5. Introduction – informs the reader of the problem under study Background of the Study – states rationale of the study. Statement of the Problem / Objectives– states the nature and scope of the problem with clarity. Two kinds of objectives are given here: General Objective – this is related to the problem as given in the early part of the section. Specific Objective – this states the purpose of each experiment conducted. Format: Project Write - Up
c. Significance of the Study - the importance of the
study is explained in this part, relevance to society d. Scope and Limitations – states the coverage and extent of the study; budget, time allotment e. Review of Related Literature – sufficient background information should be presented to the readers to understand and evaluate the results of the present study, references must be cited. Format: Project Write - Up
6. Methodology – provides enough details so that
a competent individual can repeat the experiment. Materials/Equipment – exact quantities of materials to be used Treatment/General Procedure – Avoid using the “recipe style” when stating the step-by-step procedure. Use the narrative form in the past tense. Format: Project Write - Up
7. Results and Discussion - this maybe divided
into sub-sections describing each set of experiment or observations. Findings – the data may be presented in full and discussed descriptively in the text or may be summarized in tables. Tables, pictures & graphs Analysis of Data – the interpretation of the findings and the significant features shown in tables, pictures and graphs are pointed out. Format: Project Write - Up
8. Conclusions – generalization, checks if the
hypothesis is true and if the objectives were followed. 9. Recommendations – consist of suggestions on future actions such as new direction of research for further experiments to be performed 10. Appendix- pictures, formulas, standard procedures 11. Bibliography – list of references used in guiding the research work or writing of the paper, alphabetically arranged. General Concerns
Example: Diastrophism pertains to all
movements of the solid parts of the earth (Madriaga, 1995) Alphabetize the reference list based on the author’s surname on a separate sheet of paper. For internet sources, follow this format: author.date.title.internet address. Example: Zaremba, C.2001.The Muscular System.http://www.sc2000.net/czaremba/notesl ecture/nuclesno.html General Concerns
Scientific fraud and misconduct is not
condoned at any level of research or competition. Plagiarism, use or presentation of other researcher's work as one's own and fabrication or falsification of data will not be tolerated. Fraudulent projects are disqualified for the competition. Reference