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Physics for Secondary Schools

(a) Based on the data, what conclusion can to communicate scientifi c fi ndings
the student draw about the relationship to the public in the form of scientifi c
between the force applied and the publications, at scientifi c conferences,
displacement of the spring? in articles, TV or radio programmes.
The experimental results are presented
Answer: in a specifi c format, so that others can

The data shows that there is a direct read your work, understand it, and
relationship between the force applied repeat the experiment. The structure
to stretch the spring and the resulting of a good scientifi c report includes:
displacement. As the force applied to the (a) Aim - Brief sentence describing

spring increases, the displacement also the purpose of the experiment;
increases proportionally. This indicates (b) Apparatus - List of the apparatus
that the displacement of the spring is or equipment;
directly proportional to the force applied.
(c) Method - List of the steps
(b) Plot the graph of force (y-axis) against followed to carry out the
displacement (x-axis) experiment;

(d) Results - Tables, graphs
and observations about the

5 experiment;
(e) Discussion - What your results
4 mean; and
Force (N) 3 (f) Conclusion - Brief sentence

concluding whether or not the

2 aim was achieved.
Note: If your results do not

1 support the hypothesis:
(i) do not leave out the
experimental results;
0 2 4 6 8 10
Displacement (cm) (ii) suggest possible reasons
for the difference between
Figure 1.21
your hypothesis and the
experimental results; and
7. Reporting results (iii) suggest ideas for further
Scientists communicate their results to others investigations to find
in a fi nal scientifi c report. It is very important answer to the problem.

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