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Lab Report Procedure For Science: Name Date Concise Title

This lab report procedure outlines the components and structure of a science lab report, including: 1. The heading with names, date, and title. 2. An introduction with the purpose, background, and measurable hypothesis stating the expected outcome. 3. A methods section listing materials, diagrams of setup, and a brief summary of the procedure. 4. Observations, data tables and graphs, calculations, and an analysis using the data to evaluate the hypothesis and discuss sources of error. 5. A conclusion stating whether the hypothesis was supported and what was learned, relating it back to class topics. Any supplemental questions are answered and attached at the end.

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Lab Report Procedure For Science: Name Date Concise Title

This lab report procedure outlines the components and structure of a science lab report, including: 1. The heading with names, date, and title. 2. An introduction with the purpose, background, and measurable hypothesis stating the expected outcome. 3. A methods section listing materials, diagrams of setup, and a brief summary of the procedure. 4. Observations, data tables and graphs, calculations, and an analysis using the data to evaluate the hypothesis and discuss sources of error. 5. A conclusion stating whether the hypothesis was supported and what was learned, relating it back to class topics. Any supplemental questions are answered and attached at the end.

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LabReportProcedureforScience

A.Heading: 1.Namealongwithnamesoflabpartners 2.Date 3.ConciseTitleshortandappropriatetopurposeoflab B.Introduction: 1.PurposeAclearandconcisesummaryofWHYtheexperimentisbeingdone.Whatareyoutryingto


accomplishinthislab? 2.BackgroundExplainhowthislabisrelatedtothecurrentmaterial.Usereferencesifyouhaveanytoshow researchdoneonthetopic.Youmayincludetextbookreferences.Summarizeyourapproachtotesting.

3.HypothesisWhatistheexpectedoutcome?Whatdoyoupredictwillhappen?Makesureyourhypothesis
ismeasurable.Bespecific.Ameasurableortestablehypothesisshouldstateaspecificrangeorresultsorgivea specificrelationship.Forexample:Ihypothesizethatastheparallaxangledoubles,thedistancetothestarwill alsodouble.

C.Method: 1.MaterialsList:alist(incolumns)ofallthingsused;includeamounts,sizes,quantities,etc. 2.Diagrams:neatlydrawnandlabeledtoillustratehowyousetuptheexperiment 3.Procedure:alistofthestepsyouusedtodothelab;usephrases,butbethorough;yourprocedureshould


beclearenoughforsomeoneelsetorepeatwhatyoudid Note;whenfollowingawrittenprocedurethathasbeenpreparedforyou,yourreportprocedure shouldbeabriefparagraphofthreeorfoursentencessummarizinghowthepurposeofthelabwas accomplished.Thisisnotanoutlineofthelabprocedure.Thisisnotalistofdirectionsforthelab.

D.BodyoftheLabReport: 1.Observationsalistoffactsabout:
a)theobjectsintheexperiment;useallyoursenses;includecolor,texture,howitfeels,looks;how preciseyourmeasuringtoolswere,etc. b)theoccurrences:reactionsthattookplace,whereyouhadtoestimatemeasurements;bespecific, donttrytoexplain...justgivethefacts!

2.DATA:
a)datatablesshowingALLcollecteddataandresultsofcalculationscompletewith title,rowsandcolumns,labelsandunits b)graphsofrawdataaswellasmodifieddataproperlydrawnandlabeled

3.Calculations:atleastoneidentifiedexampleofeachcalculationyouperform 4.Analysisthisiswhereyouuseyourdataandobservationstoproveordisproveyour hypothesisexplainwhyyougotyourresults;include


a)restatethepurposeofthelabclearlyidentifyingtheindependentanddependentvariablesaswellas thecontrolledvariablesinyourprocedure b)identifytrendsaswellasinconsistenciesinyourdata c)useexamplesfromyourdatatosupportyourstatements d)discussthepossiblesourceoferrorinyourlabdataandhowvalidyouthinkyourresultsare

5.Conclusionstatewhetheryourhypothesisissupportedorrefutedbyyourresults;statewhatyoulearned
inthelab&relateittowhatwearestudyinginclass

E.SupplementalQuestions:Ifincluded,supplementalquestionsshouldbeansweredcompletelyandattachedattheend ofthereport.

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