Abstract (Your 250-word maximum one-paragraph summary of everything you did, your results and conclusions)
I. Statement of problem: Describe your observation or problem that raises a question you want to answer with experimentation.
For Example… I can never get rid of a funky smell in my dark T shirts…
II. Statement of working hypothesis:
This is a more formal statement of what you think is going on and plan to test in scientific terms.
For Example… My hypothesis is that some product or combination of products X, Y, or Z will remove the smell without the use of bleach and hot water.
III. Experimental design and methods:
This is where you describe in as exact terms as possible what you did to address the hypothesis/answer the question.
For example…How many shirts, what colors, control shirts (untreated dark and maybe bleached white as comparisons for the treated, how many times repeated, water temp, wash cycle, a scale to rate the smell, how many smell tester’s opinions did you get…you should get the idea, right? This should be detailed enough for anyone to understand and be able to duplicate exactly what you did!
IV. Results: What worked, or what didn’t. Data, charts, graphs, etc. go here. Pictures may be included too (before and after for example). Be sure to title them appropriately and include a descriptive caption.
V. Conclusions/future directions:
What can you say from your results? Be careful not to over-interpret! Explain anything that didn’t work as you expected, and discuss what you would logically want to do next.
For Example… What is true for black shirts may not be true for gray or green…you can hypothesize about them here but NOT claim anything if all you did was black ones. Also, if this leads you to want to test other cleaning products or other shirt colors, or you think more needs to be done in cleaning product development by companies …This is where you can speculate a little!
VI. References are highly desirable (any outside resources you used).
THE SLIDES NEED TO BE A GRAPH OR CHART
