Lab Report Guidelines: Title Page
Lab Report Guidelines: Title Page
Title PageName of the lab, date it is due, your name and your partners name(s).
Purpose
One or two sentences stating why the experiment is being done and what observations are going to be made. The purpose of this experiment is to
Materials
A bulleted list of materials that are needed to perform this experiment. If another researcher was going to repeat this experiment, what equipment or chemicals would he need.
Procedure
Numbered steps that a researcher would need to follow to perform the experiment and get similar results.
Results
Includes data that was collected during the experiment in the form of a computer generated table, chart or graph.
Discussion
A discussion of what the results show. Do not just repeat the information in the data table, but discuss what the data shows or how one piece of data compares to other piece of data. (at least a paragraph)
Calculations
Includes all calculations used to complete the lab and post lab questions. One sample calculation for each type must be written into the lab report.
Conclusion
What information did you learn by performing this experiment? You may also refer back to the purpose (at least 3 to 4 sentences).
Post lab questionsType the answers to all post lab questions in complete sentences.