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Instructions For Preparing Written Report in Physics Laboratory Classes

This document provides guidelines for writing a physics laboratory report, including formatting instructions and content requirements. Reports should include five main sections: introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion and recommendations, and references. Figures, equations, and tables must be embedded properly and captioned. The report should be no more than five pages and follow formatting guidelines for font, margins, and section headings. Adhering to the report structure and guidelines is necessary for efficient grading.

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Instructions For Preparing Written Report in Physics Laboratory Classes

This document provides guidelines for writing a physics laboratory report, including formatting instructions and content requirements. Reports should include five main sections: introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion and recommendations, and references. Figures, equations, and tables must be embedded properly and captioned. The report should be no more than five pages and follow formatting guidelines for font, margins, and section headings. Adhering to the report structure and guidelines is necessary for efficient grading.

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Instructions for preparing written report in Physics Laboratory

Classes
Jason R. Albia *, Second Author and Third Author
1,

Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics - CAS, UP Los Banos


2
Our Institute - College, Our University

*Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract
This guideline discusses the details for preparing a written report in your Physics Laboratory Classes. The
abstract should have a maximum of 100 words and should briefly state the problem, method, and the summary
of the major findings that answers the objectives of the experiment. The abstract is typeset with 2 cm (1 in) left
and right indention.
Keywords: This section instructs you to write the key concepts that are explored in the experiments. Maximum of 4 keywords is allowed.
(i.e., electric charge, Coulombs Law, charging process, electrostatics)

1. Introduction
This short article discusses how your document should look like when you submit your laboratory
report to your lab instructor. The easiest way to generate your paper is to use this file and replace the text with
the text of your article. For example, you can start typing your abstract here and replace this paragraph. Kindly
adhere to the specifications in this style guide for efficient evaluation. Failure to obey the guidelines will
significantly affect your grade.
Paper to be used is A4. There will be a 1-inch or 25.4 mm margin on all sides. All fonts for text should be Times
New Roman. The Title is typeset with 16-point, bold and centered. Full names of the authors and their
affiliations, are to be typeset with 10-point and 8-point, respectively. The author list is typeset in bold while the
affiliations in italics (not bold) and are both centered-align. See the example above. Multiple affiliations are
indicated by numeric superscripts and if all authors share one affiliation, superscript numbers are not needed.
The corresponding author will have an asterisk indicating footnote and the email of the corresponding author is
indicated at the bottom of the affiliations. Only one corresponding author is preferred. The corresponding author
represents the group for any issues regarding the manuscript.
Section headings are in 12-point bold with Roman Arabic numbering. Your report must contain five sections,
namely (1) introduction, (2) methodology, (3) results and discussions, (4) conclusion and recommendation, and
(5) references. For supplementary discussions on what to write in each section, you may consult any books on
technical writing. Further subsections are discouraged. The maximum page length is five pages. The main text is
typeset in 10-point. Justify the paragraphs left and right. The first line of the paragraphs is indented 0.5 cm.
There are no spaces between paragraphs.

2. Figures, Equations, Tables, References


Figures, illustrations, and tables are essential parts of any scientific report thus, must be presented
properly. Embed the figures in the document and place them closest to the text where the figure is referred and
discussed. Please ensure that the information presented in the figures is visible and readable, especially for axis
labels and markers in a graph. Figures may be submitted in color or grayscale. However, for color figures,
please ensure that there will be no loss of significant information when the color information is reduced to
grayscale upon printing. Figures are centered and embedded as a separate line and not wrapped inside the text.
Hence, no text should appear beside a figure. To maintain the quality of the figures and images, it should have a
minimum resolution of 150 pixels/inch and embedded in the manuscript with horizontal length between 7.5-13
cm (~3-5 inches or 450-750 pixels). Do not stretch low resolution images. It is the responsibility of the
experimentalists to document his set-up and the processes involve during experimentation. You can use your
camera phone for documentation. To provide your reader a good visualization of your experiment, present high
quality figures. Low resolution/quality figures may impart a false impression on the quality of the scientific
contribution and could result in the rejection of the paper. Figure 1 shows how images be embedded in the
manuscript. The figure-captions are centered. Figure-captions are typeset with 8-point Times New Roman and
located underneath the figure. Please layout your figures appropriately to allow space for figure captions contain
in one page.

Figure

1. Example of
embedding a figure
in your
manuscript. Longer
figure
captions should be
centered underneath the figure and justified for both left and right. The left and right indention should be
adjusted so as not to exceed the left and right edge of the figure by more than 1 in.

Equations must be numbered and centered. For example, the hypotenuse, h, of a right triangle is

h= a2+ o2 ,

(1)

where a is the length of the adjacent side and o the length of the opposite side. For MS Word, use Word's
Equation Editor or MathType for in-text and display notation. Please keep all notation and formatting as simple
as possible.
Tables should be centered and numbered consecutively. One line table headings should be centered above the
table. Longer table headings should be centered above the table and justified for both left and right. The left and
right indention should be adjusted so as not to exceed the left and right edge of the table by more than 1 in.
Captions for tables will appear above the table, such as in Table 1.
Table 1. Example of embedding a table in your manuscript
Time (s)
x (m)
y(m)
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
1.0
The references are placed at the end of the manuscript. SPP proceedings uses numerical notation in brackets for
bibliographic citations. At the point of citation, designate the reference by typing the number in after the last
corresponding word [1]. Citation styles: journals articles [1]; proceedings [2]; paper accepted for publication
[3]; and books [4]. Two references [1,2], should be included together, separated by a comma, while three or
more consecutive references should be indicated by the bounding numbers and a dash [1-4].

3. Submission of Reports
The submission of report (finished/unfinished) is the next meeting before the class starts. There would be no
consideration to give justice to other groups who prepared and submitted their reports promptly.

4. Conclusion and Recommendation


This section contains two paragraphs. The first paragraph is the conclusion which briefly discusses your major
findings that answers the objectives of the experiment. The second paragraph is the recommendation which
discusses the limitations of the set-up or the experiment. Also, you must discuss recommendations that you think
might improve the experimental design.

5. References
1. F. Author, S. Coauthor, "Title of paper," J. of This Paper 3(1), pp 123-345, 2000.
2. F. Author, S. Coauthor, Title of paper, in Proc. of 25th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas, (Los Banos,
Philippines, 2007), pp 100-102.

3. F. Author, Title of paper, Journ of this Paper (to be published)


4. F. Author, Book Mentioned, Chapter 3, Publisher, City, 2000.

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