1. Lab report requirements
Sinking Marble Lab
Lab report requirements

2. Format 1 working page Paper Notes, initial data tables, etc. Title
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Literature cited

3. Introduction Background information—separate ¶
Velocity/speed and terminal velocity
Acceleration and gravity
Viscosity
Purpose of the experiment

4. Methods
Past tense
Paragraphs
reproducibility

5. results
Text
Tables
Graphs
Time-distance graph

6. discussion
Explain the motion of the marble as it fell through the shampoo
Did the marble reach terminal velocity? How do you know?
Was the marble accelerating? Explain how you know this
What was the average speed of the marble—show calculations

7. Literature Cited Cite all of your sources (APA) Example, (textbook)
In-text
In Literature Cited section
Example, (textbook)
Wysession, M., Frank, D, and S. Yancopoulos Physical Science: concepts in action. Prentice Hall, Needham, MA pp.
In-text: (Wysession et al, 2004)