Guidance on producing your report
Your report must be easy to follow.
You may find that using headings will help to make your report clear
Title
- Your title must tell the reader what your report is about.
Aim
- Your aim must clearly describe the purpose of your investigation.
Underlying biology
- You must describe the biology relevant to your aim. You need a minimum of four points along with their descriptions or explanations at Higher level.
- You must use your own words as much as possible.
- You can quote from sources as long as you give a description or explanation that shows you understand the biology.
- Do not include a passage copied directly from a source. This would not show that you understand the biology.
Description of experiment
- You must give a brief description that shows you can summarise your experimental method. You must not give a full description.
- Your summary must include the names of any chemicals and measuring instruments you used.
- You do not need to give details of the range or the number of repeats.
Experimental data
- You must include a table showing all of the measurements you recorded in your experiment.
- If you carried out two experiments, you should include a table of measurements from each experiment. You will be awarded the mark if one of the two tables is acceptable.
- Make sure you include column headings and units.
- You must calculate mean values for your repeated measurements. These must be included in your table.
- Any derived values needed for graphing must be included in your table.
