Leave a blank page at the beginning of your experiment design paper. Make this page the title page by typing the name of the experiment, the author's or authors' names and the school or institution through which you conducted the experiment. Double-space between the title of the experiment and the authors' names. Place the title of the experiment in bold and center all elements of the title page.
Type the word "Introduction" on the next page and center it over the content below. Double-space between the "Introduction" heading and the content of the introduction. The introduction should include your hypothesis, the context of the scientific property that you are experimenting with and relevant research that you consulted when designing your experiment.
Type the heading "Materials and Methods" between the conclusion of the introduction and the beginning of the materials and methods section. Center the heading and double-space between the content of each of the two sections. In this section, describe all the materials necessary for the experiment, any treatment that the materials receive prior to conducting the experiment and the environment in which the experiment was or will be conducted, if applicable. If you have already conducted the experiment you designed, include information about the process used for analyzing the results.
Write and format the "Results" and "Discussion" sections of the paper if you have already completed the experiment. Format each of these section headings as you did the "Introduction" and "Materials and Methods" sections. The "Results" section should objectively list all of the data you received while completing the experiment. These data can be presented by listing the information or creating a table within the document. The "Discussion" section should include information regarding the analysis of the data and how the conducted experiment related to your hypothesis.
Cite all references to literature used for designing the experiment. Place the author of the publication, then the year of publication followed by a colon, then the page or pages referenced, inside of parentheses after the reference.
Create the "Literature Cited" page on the final blank page of your document. Type in the heading and center it on the page. List all works cited in order, alphabetically by author. Format books using the following method: "Author's last name, author's first initial. Year of publication. Title of book. Edition. City of publication: Publisher's name. Page referenced." Format journal and magazine articles using the following method: "Author's last name, author's first initial. Year of publication. Title of article. Name of publication volume number (issue number). Pages referenced." Indent the second and all subsequent lines of each reference. Separate each reference by a double space.