Layout of research report Students are require to type only ONE REPORT PER GROUP.

P. Every student in each group MUST KEEP THEIR OWN LOG BOOK : o Record (like a diary) all the activities related to your research that have been done. Sample of log book record is described below Date Activities Status 9/11/2012 Confirmed and Meeting through Facebook about forming group of (Friday) reported to teacher research. Group members include advisor 1. Yeo Cheng Lin 2. Chew Jie Lun 3. Siti Nurhaniza bt Ali Confirmed title but Team members discussed further about the topic chose for not the sample yet research. The title decided is " Component of dye in marker's ink" We decide to do an overall research on our own and find out Do on our own and will discuss on the information that are related to our research, including to 1/12/12 outline our introduction, problem statements, objectives of research, and scope of research 10/11/2012 Begin my research by looking through internet medium (Saturday) about the research. I have visit the following website for the information and have safe in my computer as reference Accessed - http://www.aisechem.com/separation+techniques/paper ; Separation Technique used for Marker's Ink ; Accessed - http://www.chemimomy.com/ink+ingredient/Faster.web ; Standard used in Faster's Marker Pen Went to Sultan Ibrahim Library to look for reference books related to research. Found and borrowed a few books and articles related to the topic. - Yin Toon, Tan ; The Theory of Separation Techniques ; Read Pearson Ltd ; 2010 ; pg 211 - 223 - Sena, Mohamad Rosli ; Kumar, Suresh ; Catalytic oxidative Read separation. Industry Processing Technology. 91 (9), 11051112. Elsevier 18/12/2012 Bought Buy Faster 500 Refill - Red, Blue and Black ink at Jusco (Monday) Bukit Indah as sample of our research 3/1/2013 Received my Mr Show our introduction, problem statements, objectives of (Wednesday) Chew (with sign) research, and scope of research to Mr Chew for checking. o All log book must be hand-written. Log book used can be normal exercise book. Not necessarily must be hard cover type. The most important thing is the content.

The research must have the following detail in order to score high marks :

Title : (max 14 words) (Bold)(14) Abstract : (max 100 words) (Italic)(One paragraph)(No Identation / reference) Table of Content Chapter 1 : Introduction and background of research : (max 300 words) 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Introduction Literature Review Problem Statement Objectives of research

Chapter 2 : Methodology : (max 300 words)

2.1 2.2 2.3

List of apparatus and materials Procedures Data Collections

Chapter 3 : Observation / Results / Discussion : (max 750 words) 3.1 3.2 Observations and record Interpretation and Discussion

Chapter 4 : Conclusion : (max 50 words) References : Appendixes The format (content) of report are described as below

Font : Times New Roman (12) Spacing : Double spacing Justify Methods of reference : e.g. The amount of benzoic acid consume by human is 10,000 tonnes/year [1] Then, in Reference, 1. New Strait Times ;18 July 2012 ; pg 8 2. http://www.usepa.gov ; Benzoic acid ; accessed on 10 Nov 2012 3. Kheng Soo Tay ; The world of benzoic acid ; Fajar Bakti Sdn Bhd ; 2012 ; pg 365 369 Please show your teacher Chapter 1 and 2 first and discuss with him/her your methodology before conducting research. Your methodology MUST BE CLEAR in order for you to start your lab work. Once you outline your METHODOLOGY, list out all chemical and apparatus required so that teacher can find for you LIST OF CHEMICALs AND APPARATUS LIST MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE 18 MAY 2013. THOSE WHO SUBMIT LATE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED AND WILL HAVE TO LOOK/FIND ON YOUR OWN!! Important dates for completing PBS STPM Chemistry - Project work Activities Date - Doing lab work for project 11 Jun 2013 - 2 August 2013 - Submit report Before 18 August 2013 - Presentation 18 August 2013 - 30 August 2013 Please refer to your teacher advisor from time to time for more information o 6 Atas Akas Cik Nadiah bt Mod Shuhaimi o 6 Atas Bestari En Mohamad Rashidi b. Anang o 6 Atas Cendekia Pn Hjh Latipah bt Hussin o 6 Atas Dinamik En Chew Chin Kuen

Thank you

.......................................... (Chew Chin Kuen) Head of Chemistry STPM MSAB 2013