Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Do you state your purpose of doing the experiment in your research paper? Like if I were to say...This experiment of finding out if colors and wavelength affect plant growth, will help farmers in the community to grow their crops. Do I put that in the research paper or my actual presentation itself?

Good morning Ayen,

Yes you definitely should put your purpose statement in your research paper. It helps anyone that reads your paper to know why you wanted to do your project to being with. I Googled 'purpose statement in research papers' and came up with the following website, which may help you out. https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Thesi ... rpose.html

Good luck with your project. Just by reading what you wrote, it sounds like it will be very informative for farmers!

~Nikki