An investigatory project requires applying scientific skills such as observing, measuring, and predicting to solve a problem. It involves conducting an experiment with an issue or problem, formulating a hypothesis, and investigating to determine the outcome. Students need to conduct science projects to develop skills in the scientific method and research. A good research plan outlines the introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, and recommendation sections. Choosing an appropriate research topic is important.

1. SCIENCE
INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT
Presented by Group A

2. Your schema of the scientific method will allow you to
solve any scientific problem and guide you in writing
an investigatory project (IP). An investigatory project
is a research-based activity that requires the
application of different skills in science such as
observing, inferring, measuring, classifying,
communicating, and predicting.
INTRODUCTION

3. Investigatory project is an experiment
where you start with an ISSUE or a
PROBLEM.
It involves conducting investigation or
research to decide what you think the
action will be after creating a hypothesis.
CONDUCTING INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

9. WHY DO STUDENTS NEED TO
CONDUCT SCIENCE
INVESTIGATORY PROJECTS?

10. Science fair is not a
competition for the thickest
paper
NOTE:

11. PARTS OF A
RESEARCH
PLAN

12. I. INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY,
HYPOTHESIS
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM,
OBJECTIVES,
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY.
IT MUST PRESENT THE FOLLOWING:

13. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
GATHERING OF MATERIALS,
PREPARING OF SET-UPS,
TESTS AND EXPERIMENTATIONS,
DATA ANALYSIS,
MATERIALS TO USE FOR EACH STEP
MUST ALSO BE INCLUDED.
IT SHOULD INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT STEPS
SUCH AS

14. III. RESULTS
IT INCLUDES ALL DATA GATHERED FROM
THE EXPERIMENTS WHICH CAN BE
PRESENTED THROUGH TABLES, GRAPHS,
FIGURES, ETC.

15. IV. DISCUSSION
THIS SHOULD BE TREATED AS “SOUL”
OF THE RESEARCH PAPER. MOST OF
THE LITERATURES ARE INTEGRATED
IN THIS PART.

16. V. CONCLUSION
IT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF THE
RESEARCH. IT ANSWERS THE PROBLEM
OR OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.

17. VI. RECOMMENDATION
IT PRESENTS WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO
IMPROVE THE RESEARCH, TO WIDEN THE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE TOPIC, AND
OTHER VARIABLES THAT CAN BE TESTED
IN RELATION TO THE RESEARCH.

18. VI. RECOMMENDATION
IT PRESENTS WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO
IMPROVE THE RESEARCH, TO WIDEN THE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE TOPIC, AND
OTHER VARIABLES THAT CAN BE TESTED
IN RELATION TO THE RESEARCH.

19. VII. ABSTRACT
SHORT BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY,
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY,
MATERIALS AND METHODS,
RESULTS, AND
CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
IT MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING(PARAGRAPH)

20. INTEL ISEF RULES
AND REGULATIONS
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PROJECTISEF 20172017 Intel
ISEF Rules.pdf

21. SPECIAL CASES
HUMAN PARTICIPANT RESEARCH,
VERTEBRATE ANIMAL RESEARCH,
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
ACTIVITIES AND DEVICES
THESE ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE INTEL ISEF INTERNAL RULES
AND GUIDELINES 2017. THESE NEED ADDITIONAL
DESCRIPTIONS AND INFORMATION TO BE WRITTEN IN THE
RESEARCH PLAN. THESE ARE RESEARCHES THAT INCLUDE:

22. DATA LOGBOOK
DATE AND TIME:
LOCATION: (LABORATORY, FIELDS, LIBRARIES, RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS, ETC. WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS)
A. RESEARCH-RELATED ACTIVITY CONDUCTED FOR THE
DAY
- INCLUDE ALL DETAILS OF TEAM MEETING,
CONSULTATION WITH ADULT SPONSOR, RRL IN THE
LIBRARY, EXPERIMENTATION, ECT.

23. DATA LOGBOOK
B. DATA/INFORMATION GATHERED
- INCLUDE ALL KEY DETAILS (E.G. ALL RAW DATA OBSERVED
AND RECORDED)
NAMES OF STUDENTS AND SIGNATURE:
SIGNATURE OF ADULT SPONSOR:

24. EXPERIMENTATION
•Know the type of research being conducted.
By doing so, students can strictly follow and
observe RESEARCH ETHICS for such type of
research. Various laws, regulations and
standards have been set to guide the conduct
of certain types of research.

25. TYPES OF RESEARCH
•a. Human Participant Research – These are
researches in which the students get data by
interacting with fellow humans.
b. Vertebrate Animal Research – These are
researches in which the students need to use (1)
living, non-human vertebrates, mammalian
embryos or fetuses, (2) tadpoles, bird and retile
eggs 72-hour old after hatching,

26. TYPES OF RESEARCH
microorganisms,
recombinant DNA technologies, and
human/animal fresh/frozen tissues, blood or
body fluids.
(3) all other non-human vertebrates at
hatching/birth.
c. Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents – These
are researches in which students need to use

27. TYPES OF RESEARCH
government- regulated substances such as
drugs, alcohols and tobaccos,
firearms and explosives, and
any material that possesses a risk beyond the
daily encounter of the student/s.
d. Hazardous Chemicals, Activities and Devices –
These are researches in which students need to
use

28. ESSENTIALS ON
SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT

29. Conceptualizes his/her research topic2.
1.
2. Prepares and write the research plan
3. Conducts the experiments
4. Takes all necessary photo-documentation
5. Writes all data obtained in the data logbook
6. Conducts the data analysis
7. Writes the whole research paper
ROLE: STUDENTS

30. ØShould have an equivalent experience in the field
of study of the student
ØNeeded for researches that include high risks
ØMay or may not come from the Regulated
Research Institution (RRI) where experimentation is
to be conducted, if not from RRI, a separate adult
supervisor from the RRI must be present to
supervise the experimentation to be conducted at
the RRI
ROLE: QUALIFIED SCIENTIST

31. Sees the over-all conduct of the
experiment
Can still be the Adult Sponsor
1.
2.
ROLE: DESIGNATED SUPERVISOR

32. CHOOSING THE RIGHT
RESEARCH TOPIC

33. A GOOD RESEARCH PAPER SHOULD BE:
SPECIFIC (ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS FROM
WHAT? AND AS WHAT?)
1.
EXAMPLE: FIBERS FROM WHAT? AND FIBERS AS WHAT?
MEASURABLE (IDENTIFIES WHAT SPECIFIC VARIABLES THAT ARE
TO BE MEASURED)
SMART: Specific

34. A GOOD RESEARCH PAPER SHOULD BE:
2. MEASURABLE (IDENTIFIES WHAT SPECIFIC
VARIABLES THAT ARE TO BE MEASURED)
SMART: Measurable

35. A GOOD RESEARCH PAPER SHOULD BE:
ATTAINABLE (FACTORS NEEDED TO MEASURE THE
VARIABLES IN THE STUDY LIKE EXPENSES,
PERSONAL CAPACITY, RESEARCH INSTITUTES
PRESENT IN THE AREA, ETC.)
SMART: Attainable

36. A GOOD RESEARCH PAPER SHOULD BE:
REALISTIC (ANSWERS THE QUESTION “WILL THERE
BE EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS THAT WILL YIELD THE
RECORDED MEASUREMENTS?)
SMART: Realistic

37. A GOOD RESEARCH PAPER SHOULD BE:
TIME-CONSIDERATE (ANSWER THE QUESTION “
WILL THERE BE ENOUGH TIME TO MEASURE ALL
THESE VARIABLES?)
SMART: Time-considerate

38. TIPS FOR A GOOD RESEARCH TOPIC
MAKE SURE THAT THE RESEARCH TOPIC WILL NOT ONLY
CONTRIBUTE TO NEW KNOWLEDGE BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY ON HOW IT WILL GREATLY IMPACT
BENEFICIARIES.
IT SHOULD FIT THE STUDENT’S INTEREST AND NOT THAT
OF THE ADULT-SPONSOR
AVOID REPEATING THE SAME RESEARCH YEAR-AFTER-
YEAR WITH THE SAME PROCEDURES AND SIMPLY
CHANGING THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

39. TIPS FOR A GOOD RESEARCH TOPIC
AVOID RESEARCH TOPICS THAT MANY OF ITS
PARTS CAN ONLY BE DONE BY QUALIFIED
SCIENTIST
AVOID TOPICS THAT ARE TOO “AMBITIOUS” MAKE
IT SMART!
TITLES SHOULD BE WRITTEN SIMPLY BUT AT THE
SAME TIME CATCHY AND INTERESTING.
TITLES, JUST BY READING OF TWO, MUST
ALREADY GIVE IDEAS TO THE AUDIENCE WHAT
THE RESEARCH IS ALL ABOUT.

40. •Potentials of Common Herbal Plants in
Sequestering Copper in Former Mine
Brownfields
•Regenerating Coral Fragments on Bamboo
Artificial Reefs
•Bioprospecting for Active Compounds of
Dolabella auricularia (Sea Hare) Ink Secretion
SAMPLE TITLES

41. CONCEPTUALIZING A RESEARCH TOPIC
READ SCIENCE JOURNALS AND FOLLOW THE
RESEARCHER’S RECOMMENDATION
(RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE TO ALLOW
OTHER RESEARCHES OF THE SAME INTEREST
TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL DATA AND WIDEN
THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE SAID RESEARCH
TOPIC)

42. CONCEPTUALIZING A RESEARCH TOPIC
•KNOW THE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY, PROVINCE, OR COUNTRY
•OBSERVE NATURE IN DETAIL. IT IS
USUALLY THE LITTLE DETAILS WHERE
GREAT RESEARCHES COME FROM.

43. It serves as the guide and “preliminary
blueprint” in the conduct of a research.
It must be reviewed properly by the
adult-sponsor and (if any) the qualified
scientist.
IDENTIFY THE POSSIBLE RESEARCH
TOPIC/S

44. What are the reasons for conducting
the study?
Can other researchers benefit from
your study? Explain
Can your study extend the current
literature? Explain
GUIDE QUESTIONS: