I was wondering....My question is....To answer my question I needed to...Our problem is ....I am going to explain how we carried out our investigation ....

A. Beginning

We already know that ....Before we began we did some research ....We think .... because ....We know that .... because ....When we have tried this before ....

B. What We Already Know

The pattern suggests ....The result for .... was unexpected. It could be because ....Another reason for the results could be .....We were surprised ....We think that the graph shows that ....There is a link between ....The digital photos clearly show...

C. Tables and Graphs

D. ConclusionsThe answer to my question is ....This proves ....This explains why ....Our results are different to what we thought would happen because ....The results show that ....Looking at the results it seems likely that ....Using our results we can say that ....Our evidence suggest that ....We concluded that ....We think that ....

PROMPTS TO HELP YOU WITH REPORTING

Taken from: Primary Science & Literacy Links by Rosemary Feasey (ASE 1999)