A research plan is a description of what you are going to research and why (what you are hoping to prove). Once you have stated that, you would explain your method.

So, let’s say you are going to research how long it takes your indoors cat to get fleas once it is allowed outside without any anti-flea medication. You would say that and explain why that’s a valid question (people do this all the time, are they harming their cats?).

Then you would explain your “scientific method”. How long to let the cat out, how to check for fleas, etc. You want to show that you will actually be able to answer the question you are researching.

To make your plan perfect, you can explain at the end how you will determine whether you’ve met your goal, or whether your method worked.

Hope this helps! (Also hope you enjoyed my crazy example.)