Layout for School Projects
The layout of a school project will depend on the subject the project is focused on and how the information is intended to be delivered. Providing convincing, relevant and easily accessible information is important in school projects and the correct layout ensures information is delivered concisely to help the audience understand the information in the project.
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Scientific Project Layout
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For scientific subjects, such as experiments, the project should be laid out chronologically with headings such as hypothesis, aims, methods, results, result analysis and conclusions. A hypothesis will identify a question or situation the project focuses on, and the aims of the project will highlight what the project is trying to prove, disprove or achieve. The methods/methodology highlights what methods would be used to meet the aims (i.e., describing the experiment method) and the results will include what the methods revealed. Result analysis includes telling the audience what the results show, and the conclusion brings the experimenter's own opinion into the project, which may also include suggestions and evaluations of the project itself.
Cause and Effect Layout
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Social studies and history subjects mainly benefit from a cause and effect layout. The project first describes the effect (such as the current political structure in the United States) and moves to describing the causes of what is being presented in the project. The "effect" is a separate heading altogether, described in detail, whereas the "cause" heading will use relevant subheadings in chronological order. For example, the current political structure in the United States is described in the "effect" section of the report and the causes are described chronologically with recent historic changes first and the origin of political structure appearing last. Conclusions and introductions can be included in this type of report as separate headings.
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Chronological Layout
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A chronological layout can also be effective for history subjects. It works as an opposite to the cause and effect layout, instead starting from the beginning and moving to the end. Normally, this is most effective when writing projects about a person's life, starting from their origins and through to where they are currently or to their death, or to describe world wars and battles. Time lines can also be used in this layout to provide additional information.
Research Layout
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When describing one particular idea or subject that only requires secondary research (such as the use of literature or Internet sources), a research layout can be used. Research layouts would include relevant headings regarding the subject and evidence of where this information was retrieved (normally presented in a bibliography/sources section at the end of the project). For example, a geography subject based on a particular country could include headings such as culture, language, geographical information, origins or history and a bibliography detailing where the information was obtained. This particular layout differs from research reports, which use a scientific method layout.
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