Communicating your Results

An investigation is not complete until the research has been communicated to others. The VCE Biology study design (p21) specifies which methods you can select from to communicate your outcome. We have chosen a scientific poster as the method of communication.

You will need to include the following sections in your poster:

Title: This is the research question you developed in the planning stage.

Your name: Written under the title.

Introduction: This is a concise summary of the background information related to your experiment. The aim of the experiment and the hypothesis should also be included in this section.

Methodology: This is a simplified version of your experimental process. It should read as a overview in past tense and not a recipe. You may like to include a flow chart or simple diagram.

Results: Include your results is a scientifically accurate manner, in a clear table or graph with appropriate labels, headings and scale if appropriate. You do not need to explain your results in this section.

Discussion: This is a concise summary of the analysis and interpretation of results. Cover all sections including relationships observed, link to current theories and implications of results.

Conclusion: One or two sentences that summaries your experiment and findings. You should reference your research question, hypothesis and aim.

References: This is a list of the resources you used that directly relate to the information on your scientific poster. You should indicate which reference links with what specific piece of information. You do not need to include all of the resources in the bibliography list in your logbook, just the ones that specifically relate to the information on your poster.

Maximum word count: 600 words

More detailed information about what to include in each section is listed in the sections of a poster from the VCE Biology study design (below) and on page 209 - 211 in the textbook.