BODY OF ABSTRACT-  In paragraph form, the abstract MUST then summarize the project by explaining the following:

• PURPOSE - The purpose is a statement about what you are attempting to find out by doing the experiment. A good format is to start out with "The purpose of my project is answer the question . . . " and then restate the problem.

• HYPOTHESIS - The hypothesis should restate the problem and predict an answer to that question. This predicted answer is not a random guess but an educated scientific guess which is based on information learned from your research.

• PROCEDURE - The procedure is the step-by-step description of how to perform the experiment. Briefly explain the procedure for the abstract by highlighting which constants were kept the same, what was measured, how many trials were repeated and important safety precautions.

• RESULTS: The results should interpret what the graphs show using words and numbers. The results should then use this information to explain the answer to the project question (problem).

• CONCLUSION: The conclusion should compare your hypothesis and results (restate your hypothesis, state if correct and state the numbers from the results that support your conclusion).

example of a complete abstract with heading:

BRAND OF FERTILIZER vs. HEIGHT OF BEAN PLANTS

Anthony, Greg

The purpose of the project was to answer the question, "Do bean plants grow taller with ACME or Generic brand fertilizer?"  Bean plants require nitrogen to grow and ACME fertilizer contains more nitrogen than Generic or no fertilizer.  Therefore, bean plants given ACME fertilizer were predicted to grow taller than bean plants given Generic brand fertilizer or no fertilizer.  Each brand of fertilizer was tested on a group of 5 bean plants. A control group of 5 bean plants that received no fertilizer was also tested. The amount of fertilizer, amount of sunlight, amount of water, type of soil, temperature, type of plant and starting size of plants were all kept the same for all of the 15 bean plants. The only growing factor that was changed on purpose was the type of fertilizer. The height of each plant was measured in centimeters using a ruler and recorded every other day for 14 days. The results showed that on average the ACME group grew to be the tallest. The ACME group grew to an average height of 26 cm. The Generic group grew to an average height of 23 cm. The control group grew to an average height of only 20 cm. In conclusion, the ACME fertilizer was correctly predicted to make the bean plants grow taller than the generic fertilizer. The ACME group grew an average of 3 cm taller than the Generic Fertilizer group and an average of 6 cm taller than the control group.