BTEC L3 Sports Science Unit 5 Research Project Research Project Scientific Structure Template

1. Unit 5 Research Project
Worthing College Sports Science
[INSERT STUDENT NAME HERE]
2015

2. Assessment Criteria
Pages 3-17 & 27-38
• P2: carry out sport science or exercise science-
based research
• P3: collect and record data from the research
project conducted
• M2: correctly analyse collected data, describing
techniques used
• D1: correctly analyse data, explaining techniques
used
• P4: produce a full research report using a
standard scientific structure

3. [INSERT PROJECT TITLE HERE]
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

4. Abstract
Write your own abstract for your research
project here. Use the experience from the
literacy review task as the basis for writing your
own abstract. This should be the last part of the
write-up that you complete.
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

5. Contents: General
In this section you need to write a page by page
contents page (correctly numbered for pages 3-
26)
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

6. Contents: Appendices
In this section you need to write a page by page
contents page (correctly numbered for pages 27-
32)
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

7. Contents: Figures and Tables
In this section you need to write a page by page
contents page (correctly numbered for pages 33-
38)
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

8. Acknowledgements
On this page you need to thank everyone who
contributed to making your project a success.
Think about the subjects, classmates and others
that have helped you and how they helped you.
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

9. Introduction
Here you need to introduce your project.
What is the aim?
Why did you choose the aim?
What was the project timescale?
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

10. Literature Review and References
Add a hyperlink to your Wordpress literacy
review here.
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

11. Project Hypothesis
What is your project hypothesis (or hypotheses)?
Remember your hypothesis is an educated guess
about how things work and what you expect to
find. Your hypothesis should be what you test in
your project and is therefore a testable hypothesis.
A hypothesis is often written like: "If _____[I do
this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

12. Method
Use your unit 4 work to help you write your
detailed method. A useful reminder of the Unit 4
content is linked on page 2 here.
Your method should include detailed instructions.
What you are going to do, how are you going to do
it, who is going to do it and when key actions will be
completed.
You should add relevant diagrams for any testing
you do in the research project figures and tables
section.
P3: Collect and record / M2: Correctly analyse & describe techniques / D1: Correctly analyse & explain techniques

13. Data Collection
Use your unit 4 work to help you write your
detailed method.
A useful reminder of data collection techniques
is linked in section 2 on page 2 here.
P3: Collect and record / M2: Correctly analyse & describe techniques / D1: Correctly analyse & explain techniques

14. Data Analysis
Use your unit 4 work to help you write your
detailed method.
A useful reminder of data collection techniques
is linked in section 3 and 4 on page 2 here.
P3: Collect and record / M2: Correctly analyse & describe techniques / D1: Correctly analyse & explain techniques

15. Results
This page should show your results. This page
should be supported by tables, charts and
graphs that should be shown in the research
project figures and tables section.
P3: Collect and record / M2: Correctly analyse & describe techniques / D1: Correctly analyse & explain techniques

16. Discussion
Here you should discuss your results.
What did you find and why? Were your findings
what you expected? Did you observe any trends
in your data? Did you get results that you
weren’t expecting?
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

17. Conclusion
Restate your aim.
Restate the key trends from your literacy review.
Do your results and discussion support your
hypothesis or hypotheses? If they do why and
not suggest the reasons.
P2: Carry out / P4: Produce

18. Assessment Criteria Pages 19-26
• P5: carry out a review of the research project
conducted, describing strengths, areas for
improvement and future recommendations.
• M3: carry out a review of the research project,
explaining strengths, areas for improvement
and future recommendations.
• D2: carry out a review of the research project,
justifying future recommendations for further
research.

19. Review (1/3)
How well did project conclusions meet project
aims? (include evidence and specific examples)
P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

20. Review (2/3)
What were the strengths of the research
project? (include evidence and specific
examples)
P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

21. Review (3/3)
What were the areas for improvement of the
research project? (include evidence and specific
examples)
P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

22. Future Recommendations (1/5)
If the project was to be completed again what
would you change and why? (include evidence
and specific examples)
P4: Produce / P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

23. Future Recommendations (2/5)
What would be the benefits of the proposed
changes stated on the previous page? (include
evidence and specific examples)
P4: Produce / P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

24. Future Recommendations (3/5)
State a proposal for further research (in total
three proposals are needed and this is number
one of three)
P4: Produce / P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

25. Future Recommendations (4/5)
State a proposal for further research (in total
three proposals are needed and this is number
two of three)
P4: Produce / P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

26. Future Recommendations (5/5)
State a proposal for further research (in total
three proposals are needed and this is number
three of three)
P4: Produce / P5: Describe / M3: Explain / D2: Justify

27. Research Project Appendices

28. Appendix 1
Supporting material, hyperlinks, links to testing
videos, photos of tests etc (each appendix needs
to be ‘citation referenced’ within your project
pages 3-26). For example in brackets you should
write (see Appendix 1) where you need to
evidence something.
You can add more appendices if you need to.
Just ensure you update your contents pages.

29. Appendix 2
Supporting material, hyperlinks, links to testing
videos, photos of tests etc (each appendix needs
to be ‘citation referenced’ within your project
pages 3-26). For example in brackets you should
write (see Appendix 1) where you need to
evidence something.
You can add more appendices if you need to.
Just ensure you update your contents pages.

30. Appendix 3
Supporting material, hyperlinks, links to testing
videos, photos of tests etc (each appendix needs
to be ‘citation referenced’ within your project
pages 3-26). For example in brackets you should
write (see Appendix 1) where you need to
evidence something.
You can add more appendices if you need to.
Just ensure you update your contents pages.

31. Appendix 4
Supporting material, hyperlinks, links to testing
videos, photos of tests etc (each appendix needs
to be ‘citation referenced’ within your project
pages 3-26). For example in brackets you should
write (see Appendix 1) where you need to
evidence something.
You can add more appendices if you need to.
Just ensure you update your contents pages.

32. Appendix 5
Supporting material, hyperlinks, links to testing
videos, photos of tests etc (each appendix needs
to be ‘citation referenced’ within your project
pages 3-26). For example in brackets you should
write (see Appendix 1) where you need to
evidence something.
You can add more appendices if you need to.
Just ensure you update your contents pages.

33. Research Project Figures
and Tables

34. Figures and Tables 1
Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams. (each
figures and table needs to be ‘citation
referenced’ within your project pages 3-26).
For example in brackets you should write (see
Figure and Table 1) where you need to evidence
something.
You can add more Figure and Table pages if you
need to. Just ensure you update your contents
pages.

35. Figures and Tables 2
Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams. (each
figures and table needs to be ‘citation
referenced’ within your project pages 3-26).
For example in brackets you should write (see
Figure and Table 1) where you need to evidence
something.
You can add more Figure and Table pages if you
need to. Just ensure you update your contents
pages.

36. Figures and Tables 3
Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams. (each
figures and table needs to be ‘citation
referenced’ within your project pages 3-26).
For example in brackets you should write (see
Figure and Table 1) where you need to evidence
something.
You can add more Figure and Table pages if you
need to. Just ensure you update your contents
pages.

37. Figures and Tables 4
Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams. (each
figures and table needs to be ‘citation
referenced’ within your project pages 3-26).
For example in brackets you should write (see
Figure and Table 1) where you need to evidence
something.
You can add more Figure and Table pages if you
need to. Just ensure you update your contents
pages.

38. Figures and Tables 5
Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams. (each
figures and table needs to be ‘citation
referenced’ within your project pages 3-26).
For example in brackets you should write (see
Figure and Table 1) where you need to evidence
something.
You can add more Figure and Table pages if you
need to. Just ensure you update your contents
pages.