Your report is the written record of your entire project from start to finish. When read by a person unfamiliar with your project, the report should be clear and detailed enough for the reader to know exactly what you did, why you did it, what the results were, whether or not the experimental evidence supported your hypothesis, and where you got your research information. This written document is your spokesperson when you are not present to explain your project, but more than that, it documents all your work.

Much of the report will be copied from your journal. By recording everything in your journal as the project progresses, all you need to do in preparing the report is to organize and neatly copy the journal's contents. Neatly and colorfully prepare tables, graphs, and diagrams. If possible, use a computer to prepare some or all of these data displays.

Check with your teacher for the order and content of the report. Generally, a project report should be typewritten, double-spaced, and bound in a folder or notebook. It should contain a title page, a table of contents, an abstract, an introduction, one or more experiments and data, a conclusion, a list of sources, and acknowledgments.

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Experiment and Data
• Conclusion
• Sources
• Acknowledgments

From Janice VanCleave's Guide to the Best Science Fair Projects, Janice VanCleave (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997)