1. Writing an APA Research paper

2. Step 1: Formatting. Running Header (Left hand side) ON EVERY PAGE
Page number (Right hand side) ON EVERY PAGE
Times New Roman 12 pt font FOR EVEYTHING
Double spaced.

3. Step 2: Title Page Things to remember:
Information should be centered (Left/right AND top/bottom)
Include (in order): Title, Category (if chosen), Your Name, Woodstock High School
NO BOLD, NO UNDERLINE, NO CHANGE IN FONT/SIZE

5. Step 3: Body of paper
Body of paper should start directly on the following page, no title, just the first paragraph of the paper. This is a research paper. You do not speak to the reader. You do not question the reader. As far as you are concerned the reader is not there. Your opinion is not relevant, do not include it. In fact, never refer to yourself. (No I, we, etc) You can refer to “The experiment”, or “The scientist”

6. Step 3: Body of paper
- INTRODUCTION - Write the introduction to provide background details or the setting of your specific research problem. Assume that the reader will be scientifically literate, but he or she may not be familiar with the details. State the purpose of the research study early in the introduction, and then state the hypotheses that you are testing. Describe what is already known about the research.

7. Step 3. Body of the paper
Statements in the body of the paper should include information from you research.
Any sentence/paragraph created using information from your resources must be cited with a parenthetical cite.
Direct quotes must be in quotation marks with parenthetical cite.
Failure to do this is PLAGIARISM.
If you do not include the information your researched on your topic, it is NOT A RESEARCH PAPER!

8. Step 4: Works Cited Page (Goes at the very end)
“Works Cited” centered at top of page.
Resource citations listed in alphabetical order, with hanging indent.
For each resource provided, there should be at least one direct quote citation or parenthetical citation.

9. Methodology (If I said re-format for clarity)
Use the following titles to organize your information:
Question
Hypothesis
Materials
Dependent variable
Independent variable
Experimental groups with explanation
Number of trials
Detailed, step by step procedure of what you will do.

10. Safety Sheet
If you are using ANY chemical in the lab (rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, literally anything that isn’t H2O) you must include the MSDS (aka SDS) information. You can copy and paste this information directly from the internet.

11. Requirements by Friday
Fix all existing issues in your paper.
Your paper MUST HAVE: title page, introduction/body (2-4 pages) with correct format, methodology, Safety information (MSDS), citation page
YOU MUST HAVE 2 PEOPLE PROOFREAD YOUR PAPER AND SIGN OFF.