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Lab Report Guidelines

5th / 6th Grade


Refer to these guidelines when writing your lab reports. These guidelines should assist
you as you do your experiment and record your data and observations. The parts must be
in this order. (This is the order that they are done in the experiment.)

Parts of a Lab report:


Question: What is this experiment about? What are you trying you discover? The
question you write in this section must be specific, focusing on an exact idea. This part of
the report is often called the Purpose.

Hypothesis: This is where you make a statement saying what you think will be the result
of your experiment. This is an educated guess based on what you already know. This also
needs to be specific and exact. Your experiment will test the hypothesis to see if it is true
(proven) or not. Your hypothesis must be testable.

Materials: List the items you use for the experiment, including the product names. Be
specific in the amounts needed and used, as this may affect the outcome of the
experiment. This is like the list of ingredients for a recipe. Put this in list form.

Procedure: This is like the directions of a recipe; it is a step by step of how to do the
experiment. Someone completely unfamiliar with the subject should be able to read the
procedure and be able to repeat the experiment. Everything should be kept the same each
time the experiment is done. This is called “controlling the variable”

Results – Observations and Data: You need to record all observations that you make
during the experiment This should be detailed descriptions of what you saw happening
during the experiment. You do not tell why you think something happened, just what you
observed. Changes and patterns should also be recorded. Data is the numerical result of
your experiment. This is often shown in a graph or chart to make the information clearer.

Conclusion: What did you discover? This is the answer to the original question. This is
where you tell if you hypothesis was correct or not and WHY you have come to that
conclusion. Your answer must be based on the results of the experiment, not on your
opinion or what you may have wanted or expected to happen. You cannot just repeat your
results, but you use them to explain what happened and what you have discovered. Tell
about something that you learned by doing the lab. Talk about any possible mistakes that
could have been made. Does this experiment lead you to any other questions?
This is a sample page of how a lab report should be set up. You will need more or less
space depending on your experiment. Do not use this page to hand in.

Question (Purpose):
_________________________________________________________
Hypothesis:
__________________________________________________________
Materials:
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________etc.
Procedure:
1._________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________
5._________________________________________________ etc.
Results:
Observations:
_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Data:

Conclusion:
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

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