BSC 2010L Florida International Enzymes Are Biological Catalysts Discussion

The Abstract should be an autonomous summary of the entire report. It serves to help readers determine how relevant the report is to their own interests. This section is brief, only one paragraph, in which the author indicates what was done, the reasoning behind it, the results and the conclusions. It must highlight only the most importantelements of each major sections of the report (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). The scientific report can be summarized into an abstract withfour types of statements: purpose statements that are general in describing the importance and/or goals of the research; methods statements that explain what was done and how it was done; results statements that describe what information or data was acquired; anddiscussion/conclusion statements that explain what the information or data probably means and what conclusions are drawn. Only the most important aspects of the report should make it to the abstract.This section should be between 200 and 250words in length. This section should contain a clear summary of what was demonstrated, how each part of the lab was carried out and how conclusions were reached. This section should contain one or two purpose statements (without saying “The purpose of this experiment is…”), a complete summary of each experiment (method statements) in a few sentences, and brief, accurate explanations of the results. The final sentences should be the concluding statements.