A research paper is the means to show the judges of the science fair project that you have really studied the background information for the project that you are displaying. The details that you have unearthed during your research into the project have to be shared in a systematic manner in the research paper.

In order to do so you have to include certain sections in the research paper. Ideally there will be a Title Page which includes the project title, your name and the date of submission. This is followed by the actual Report and the last section will have the Bibliography.

Now the meat of the matter is in the report and here is what you need to put into it. First off the topic or question that your science project seeks to answer need to be defined. Then you add the definitions of all the words, concepts, mathematical equations and any other tools that you use in the project.

After that you need to add a section where you discuss similar experiments conducted on the same concept. These should not be identical experiments but something related to what you have sought answers to. The last section of the report will be devoted to the answers you found in your research based on the initial questions you asked before beginning work on the science project.