Just the Facts — What Actually Happened

Maya re-ran her test more carefully, breathing equally on both plants this time. After three weeks, she gathered her numbers.

Now came a section with a strict, almost sacred rule. It is called the Results, and the rule is:

Report only what happened. No opinions. No reasons. No “this proves…”. Just the facts.

In the Results section you are a camera, not a judge. A camera does not argue — it shows. You state the numbers plainly: “Plant A (talked to) grew to 14 cm. Plant B (not talked to) grew to 12 cm. The difference was 2 cm.”

That is all. You do not yet say “this proves talking works”. That belongs in a different section. Beginners always mix these up, dumping excited conclusions into the results. Keep them apart. Facts here. Meaning later.

Results are best shown so the eye grasps them instantly — a table, a graph, a chart. A picture of your numbers lets the reader see the story in your data without being told what to think yet.

Maya had her facts. But facts alone are silent. Now she had to become the one thing she had been holding back from being — a judge.