Record an investigation so methods and findings can be understood. Explore its shape, language, tone and register, then switch the advice to fit your curriculum context.
Distinguish method, results and discussion. Describe an anomaly accurately rather than deleting it to improve the pattern.
Teacher prompt: Which detail lets your reader check this claim?
Independent check: Use a fresh example. Ask the learner to identify the evidence and one limit without copying the model.
Explore subject supportLess effective: The result was different. Maybe we made a mistake.
More effective: Trial 3 produced a lower reading than the others. Repeating the measurement would help test whether this is variation or an anomaly.
The report describes evidence cautiously and suggests a valid check.
Purpose: Record an investigation so methods and findings can be understood
Common forms: Science practical, controlled investigation
Typical structure: Question → method → results → interpretation → conclusion and limitations
Language features: Past tense for method; precise quantities; passive where agent is unimportant; data language
Tone and register: Objective, precise and cautious; claims should match the data.
Keep observation separate from explanation. Label tables and figures and refer to them in the text.