Lab Report

Introduction includes:

• 1. Background information

  2. One of the following:

     • Problem stated & what you are going to do to try to solve the problem

     • Goal stated & what you are going to do to accomplish that goal

     • Observation stated & what your hypothesis is for explaining that observation

Methods includes answers to the following questions:

• 1. What did you do?

  2. How did you do it?

  3. What did you use?

  4. What were the times, duration and measurements you made throughout your procedures?

Results is written in paragraph form and includes:

• 1. The data that you got

  2. How the data related internally, meaning, how much bigger, greater, thinner, faster, was A than B, etc.

Tables and Graphs include:

• 1. Computer generated Table includes:

     1. Independent and dependent variables correctly labelled and positioned on the table.

     2. Table numbered and a short description of the table.

        1. Examples:

• • • • Table 1. The cause of acid rain.

      • Table 2. The speed of a moving object.

• 2. Graph of the experimental data

• • • Use Google Spreadsheet or some other spreadsheet to make a table of your results

    • Make a graph (line, bar, or pie) of your average data when appropriate

      • When appropriate? Whenever the experiment can be repeated.

    • For experiments that can be repeated - always graph only the average values, but all of your data should be recorded on the spreadsheet in an organized manner

    • For experiments that cannot be repeated - organize the raw data values and graph all of the data.

Discussion includes:

• • Expository style - Comparison: How well did your hypothesis agree with your results? (use data to support your answer)

  • Expository style - Comparison: How well did your results help solve the problem?

  • Expository style - Comparison: How well did your results help reach your goal?