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22National FFA Agriscience Fair
2012-2016
Materials and Methods
A well-written materials and methods section will enable others to reproduce your results by
duplicating your study. Write in past tense, third person, encompassing all of the materials
required, state the hypothesis and explain the technical and experimental procedures em-
ployed. With fieldwork, describe the study site. Include any statistical procedures employed.
Results
This section should be a summary of the results your project has produced, even if they
were not what you expected. Do not include discussion or conclusions about the data. Tell
the reader exactly what you discovered and what patterns, trends or relationships were
observed. Decide on the most meaningful way to present your data (tables, figures) and
refer to them in your text.
Discussion and Conclusion
In this section draw conclusions from the results of your study and relate them to the
original hypothesis. It is helpful to briefly recap the results and use them as a foundation for
your conclusions. If your results were not what you expected, take this opportunity to
explain why. Give details about your results and observations by elaborating on the mech-
anisms behind what happened. Tie your study in with the literature, but do not hesitate to
offer sound reasoning of your own.
References
Only significant, published and relevant sources accessible through a library or an
information system should be included. All citations in the text must be included in the
reference section. When you use information or facts that are not common knowledge, you
must give credit to the source of that information by citing a reference. You should use the
APA style recognized citation system throughout your report.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledge anyone who helped in any aspect of your project in this section.
Format of Report
The report should be printed on 8 1/2” x 11” white bond paper. The report will have 1” mar-
gins. Font size must be 12 using Arial, Courier or Times New Roman font. The APA style
recognized citation system should be used throughout the report. A suggested project report
template is available as a resource. The template is located here:
https://
Display
Each exhibit should include information relevant to the study and any objects the student wish-
es to display. All projects must have the following information attached to the exhibit:
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Name of person(s) responsible for developing the project
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Chapter name, state
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Title of category entered
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Division entered (I, II, III or IV)
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