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All students will be required to keep a laboratory portfolio of all graded lab documents. This is a course requirement by College Board.
AP Physics students at Millbrook High School will be required to keep a virtual portfolio of labs in Google Drive. Paper labs will not be accepted! If you experience internet issues or have problems uploading information to the portfolio, you may be granted a brief extension upon instructor approval.
Every student will create a folder in Google Drive for lab entries titled "(Lastname) (Firstname)-AP Physics 1 Lab" - This folder should be shared with your teacher with editing rights: mbaker@wcpss.net. Your portfolio will remain in your student google account, but it is strongly suggested that you share the portfolio folder with a personal account and add it to that drive for availability after graduation.
For every entry, one team member will create a new document in their lab folder, and will share it will other team members. Creating the document in the shared lab folder will automatically share it with your teacher.
Other team members should add the shared document to their drives and organize it into the appropriate folder.
Every team member is expected to contribute to the document equitably, as determined by the team.
When the portfolio entry is determined to be complete by the team, one team member will submit the lab entry through Canvas.
AP Physics 1 Entries & Requirements
AP Physics 1 Entries & Requirements
Title Information/General Information is a graded component for EVERY lab. Only the specified additional sections of each lab write-up will be graded. Other sections will be used for clarification or evidence of capabilities but will not add to or detract from your team lab report score.
Part 1: focus on data collection methods and data analysis
Part 1: focus on data collection methods and data analysis
1. Average Velocity: Materials & Methods
2. Projectile: Results
3. Newton's 2nd Law: Materials & Methods, Results
Part 2: focus on scientific communication
Part 2: focus on scientific communication
4. Energy: Introduction
5. Momentum: Abstract
6. Circular Motion: Introduction, Abstract
Part 3: focus on interpretations of results
Part 3: focus on interpretations of results
7. Torque: Discussion
8. Harmonic Motion: Conclusion
9. Sound: Discussion, Conclusion
Part 4: focus on big picture vs detail
Part 4: focus on big picture vs detail
10. Circuit Investigations: FULL LAB REPORT
Lab-Writing Resources:
Lab-Writing Resources:
Lab Report Rubric - This is how your labs are graded!
Baylor Guidelines & Sample Lab Report
Section Descriptions:
Section Descriptions:
Title Information:
Title - usually 4-12 words; descriptive yet concise, describing the key concepts of the experiment
Team members / authors - first & last names
Dates - dates of the experiment and subsequent analysis through the date when the paper was submitted
Abstract:
The informative summary of what you did during the experiment and what you found out from analysis of data - It is usually written LAST after other sections even though it comes first in the bulk of the paper
Includes objectives and scope from introduction
Pulls significant processes from Methods
Contains a brief summary of the experimental outcomes
Introduction:
Provides the reader with the context for the experiment
Describes the objectives/hypothesis of the experiment
Includes background information - scientific concepts, formulas, measurement methods, real-world context, etc.
Materials & Methods:
A past-tense, passive-voice description of what was done to obtain the data
Setup and processes are described in the order in which they were completed
There is enough detail where someone with similar materials (or any specified branded materials) could repeat the work and obtain the same results, but wording remains concise
Results:
What you found from the data, written in past-tense and passive voice
Includes raw data tables and constants, calculations, calculated data, and graphs, all presented with brief written descriptions
Sample calculations should be used instead of calculations with every data point, but all steps must be explicitly shown and the process described
Pictures/video may also be included here, with brief captions
Do NOT include what "should have been" observed, only what was
For large, data-heavy experiments, segments can be separated with subheadings
Discussion:
A results-based argument that answers "What does this all mean?"
Your interpretation of the findings from data and observations
Identifies errant data and provides plausible explanations for systematic errors and random errors with quantitative analysis
Conclusion:
A few sentences that summarize and connect the introduction and your argument
Reiterates findings without providing new conclusions
Suggests logical next steps for experimentation based on data ranges/increments and results
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