Your gon’na need to know it eventually. Writing a Lab Report Your gon’na need to know it eventually. Sourced from http://teacherweb.com/ct/rham/blueteam/h6.stm

1) TITLE: Create a title that is short and descriptive. Often starts with, “The effects of…” and centered on page.

2) PROBLEM: What question do you want to investigate?

3) HYPOTHESIS: What do you think will happen when you do the experiment?

4) MATERIALS: A complete list of All the materials you used during your experiment.

5) PROCEDURE: Using the Materials described, what steps are used to reproduce this experiment. Must be written vertically in step-by-step format. Steps should be clear, sequential (in order), and in complete sentences. Each step is usually one sentence.

6) Plot Data or create Data Table: Place the data you collected into an organized chart or graph. Data could be quantitative or qualitative. Data table includes a title, numbers or words, columns and rows, headings and units. More than 1 may be necessary.

7) CALCULATIONS: Show any mathematical operations you Performed.

8) CONCLUSION/ANALYSIS: Your conclusion must be supported by your data.

9) REFLECTION/DISCUSSION: Written in paragraph form (minimum 3 sentences per paragraph) Do you feel your data is reliable and accurate? Why or Why Not? Explain! Explain possible sources of error (factors that may have influenced your results). Explain possible ways to improve or change your experiment if you were to do it again. What new questions did you experiment generate?

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