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Lab Report Checklist: Formatting

This document provides a checklist for formatting a lab report with sections for purpose, background, materials, experimental procedure, results, discussion, and conclusion. It details the key information and structure that should be included in each section, such as writing the purpose as a complete sentence, including a hypothesis if needed, accurately reporting measurements and observations, analyzing and discussing results, and identifying possible sources of error. References should also be correctly cited.

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Lab Report Checklist: Formatting

This document provides a checklist for formatting a lab report with sections for purpose, background, materials, experimental procedure, results, discussion, and conclusion. It details the key information and structure that should be included in each section, such as writing the purpose as a complete sentence, including a hypothesis if needed, accurately reporting measurements and observations, analyzing and discussing results, and identifying possible sources of error. References should also be correctly cited.

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Lab Report Checklist

Formatting
Your report is single-spaced, with 1-inch margins & 12 pt. font, following the format
in your Challenge guide.
You have used concise technical writing with no slang.
You have used we and avoided you and I.
You have used scientific vocabulary throughout the report.
Purpose
You have written the purpose of this experiment in a complete sentence.
Background
You have written a paragraph, which details important background information to
help the reader understand what you did, why you did it, and what your results
mean.
You have included all important definitions, history, and theories.
Your last sentence of this paragraph is a hypothesis if one is needed and it makes
sense.
Your hypothesis explains why this is your prediction of what will happen. It is
written as an If/Then statement.
Materials
Your materials list includes everything you used in the lab with quantities listed for
each material when appropriate.
Experimental Procedure
Your procedure paragraph clearly explains the steps you completed in the correct
order so that anyone could repeat your lab EXACTLY. It is written in past tense or
passive voice.
Results
You have written a paragraph which explains what your data are showing.
Your measurements are accurate and include units (such as centimeters or
seconds).
You have put your measurements or observations into a labeled scientific table,
graph, or picture, if appropriate.
You have included every detail of what you observed happening (no inferences).
You have shown any math work you did.
Discussion
You have written a paragraph which analyzes & discusses your results.
You have explained whether or not your hypothesis was supported by the data.
Conclusion
You have written a paragraph which explains how the experiment relates to what
you are
learning in the text.
You have explained how the experiment answers the question of the lab (from the
purpose).
You have identified and explained any possible sources of error.

You have not expressed personal feelings.


You can comment on why the experiment was interesting from a scientific
perspective.
You may include any ways to improve the experiment in this paragraph.
References
You have correctly sited all source materials, including your textbook.

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