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Directions

Now that the lab is complete, it is time to write your lab report. The purpose of this guide is to help you
write a clear and concise report that summarizes the lab you have just completed.
The lab report is composed of two sections:
Section I: Overview of Investigation
• Provide background information.
• Summarize the procedure.

Section II: Observations and Conclusions


• Include any charts, tables, or drawings required by your teacher.
• Include answers to follow-up questions.
• Explain how the investigation could be improved.

To help you write your lab report, you will first answer the four questions listed below based on the lab
that you have just completed. Then you will use the answers to these questions to write the lab report that
you will turn in to your teacher.
You can upload your completed report with the upload tool in formats such as OpenOffice.org, Microsoft
Word, or PDF. Alternatively, your teacher may ask you to turn in a paper copy of your report or use a
web-based writing tool.

Questions

Section I: Overview of Lab


• What is the purpose of the lab?

The purpose of this lab was to teach me how to use and make a dichotomous key to sort
arthropods.

• What procedure did you use to complete the lab?


Outline the steps of the procedure in full sentences.

The steps I used in this lab include finding characteristics of different arthropods andcreating
a dichotomous key

Section II: Observations and Conclusions


• What charts, tables, or drawings would clearly show what you have learned in this lab?
Each chart, table, or drawing should have the following items:
• An appropriate title
• Appropriate labels
Table A: The Characteristics
Legs Visible Visible Stinger Claws
Wings Antennae

Ant 6 0 2 1 0

Bee 6 4 2 1 0

Butterfly 6 4 2 0 0

Dragonfly 6 4 0 1 0

Ladybug 6 2 2 0 0

Scorpion 8 0 0 1 2

Spider 8 0 0 0 0

Wasp 6 2 2 1 0

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Table B: Dichotomous legs?
Key

No Dragonf Ye No
ly s

Antenna No Stinger Claws No Spide


e? ? ? r
Ye
s Ye Ye Scorpio
s s n
Ye 4
s
No Wings?
Butterfly No

Ladybu Ant Ye
g s

Wasp No 4 Ye Bee
Wings? s
• If you could repeat the lab and make it better, what would you do differently and why?
There are always ways that labs can be improved. Now that you are a veteran of this lab and
have experience with the procedure, offer some advice to the next scientist about what you
suggest and why. Your answer should be at least two to three sentences in length.

What I would do if I had to redo this lab would be Make my Dichotomous Key look better.

Writing the Lab Report

Now you will use your answers from the four questions above to write your lab report. Follow the
directions below.

Section I: Overview of Lab

Use your answers from questions 1 and 2 as the basis for the first section of your lab report. This section
provides your reader with background information about why you conducted this lab and how it was
completed. It should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Section II: Observations and Conclusions

Use your answers from questions 3 and 4 as the basis for the second section of your lab report. This
section provides your reader with charts, tables, or drawings from the lab. You also need to include
answers to the follow-up questions and ways in which you would improve the lab.

Overall

When complete, the lab report should be read as a coherent whole. Make sure you connect different
pieces with relevant transitions. Review for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, and other
conventions of organization and good writing.
Dichotomous Keys

6
legs?
Table: Dichotomous
Key
Dragonf No Ye No
ly s

Antenna No Stinger Claws No Spide


e? ? ? r
Ye
s Ye Ye
s s
Ye 4
s
No Wings? Scorpio
Butterfly No n

Ladybu Ant Ye
g s

Wasp No 4 Ye Bee
Wings? s

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