1. Formal Lab Reports The How To Guide!

2. Basic Requirements Must be typed Use 12 point font no cursive Each section should be labeled and underlined You may choose any lab we have done in the past two weeks Please spell check Type heading with first and last name and period number

3. Title Center the name of the lab and underline it

4. Introduction Explain why you did this lab What objective the teacher was trying to teach you Include which Illinois State Science Standard you addressed http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ Click on Science and read the three standards and select one or more

5. Purpose Type the question you were trying to answer

6. Research Questions Type both the questions and the answers Explain what source you got your information from.

7. Hypothesis Type what you wrote in your original lab report, it is more than ok that you were wrong.

8. Materials Make a bulleted list of your materials you used in this lab

9. Procedure Type and number each step to your lab

10. Data Make a data chart and fill in the data Click on Insert Select chart and type in the dimensions

11. Analysis Type both your questions and your answers. Make any corrections from your first lab report Write in complete sentences Make sure your answers refer to your data

12. Conclusion Type the answer to your purpose question. If your hypothesis is right or wrong and how you know this. What else you still want to know based on this lab. (the answer nothing gets 0 points)

13. Rubric Print your essay Self evaluate Staple and turn in