Lab Report Guidance 20200608

Reminder:
 DO NOT USE INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE. USE PASSIVE FORM

AND THIRD PERSON VIEW PERSPECTIVE. Look at the procedure
section for example.
 You need to submit your lab report on d2l to TA. 0 grade is the only
consequence of incomplete submission.
 This is a formal report, try to use formal and impersonal writing language.
 Just list down the required equations, show your derivation to the final
measurements to be obtained in Theory and Derivation.
 Hold in mind, this is a formal lab report, to be considered an eligible one,
your readershould be able to reproduce your results based on your data
after one reads this.
 Please use any text editing software you prefer.
 An easy readable and understandable report is always favorable.
 Encourage: Double pages, do not exceed 6 sheets (1 column, 3 sheets if
double columns) exclude graphs and worksheets.
 Chapter title font size 18 pt , contents font size 12 pt.
Title
Name:
Course:
TA:
Due Date:
Abstract
Briefly summarize the main point of this study.
Hint: Use one sentence for each part and form an easily understood paragraph. One
sentence for what’s the lab about and what have been done, one sentence for the
result (put quantitative result or qualitative argument), one sentence for conclusion or
remark (if any). Never exceed more than 4 sentences.
Example: A quantitative measurement of xxx has been conducted to verify xxx. We
made use of xxx to calculate/measure/operate xxx. Our result shows that xxx, which is
in agreement of xxx, and xxx% from theoretical prediction.
Introduction
The necessity of this study, explain the background and define the key question you
would like to answer or hypothesis you would like to verify.Hint: The motivation of this
study. What is the basic physics principle of the lab, why is it important? A common way
when doing introduction is to give hypothesis, If A increases B increases vice versa.
Shorter than 6 lines.
Example: The lab consists of the application/demonstration of xxx principle. Xxx.
Following from the physical principle we could hypothesis xxx.
Theory and Derivation

Explain the theory on how you connect the measurements to the key question you want
to study. Derive any equation if necessary. Equation is always itself a paragraph. You
may refer external resources but state it in clear. All equations must be typed within
the text editing software(word, google word, pages, latex, etc), no screenshot,
graphical copy of any equation is allowed. No hand-written, no pictures, no
scanned copy.
Hint: State any physics principle or law involved, especially on how to connect between
the physics law into measurements. E.g. why do you need to measure distance in this
lab? What is the connection between distance measured and the physic governs this
experiment? In some situation you would need to derive a linear relationship between
variables, make sure you do the derivation correct.
Example: This lab involves a force diagram xxx. Based on xxx law, we can show that
xxx
Xxx
Xxx
And from above relation, clearly it’s a linear relationship. If we plot xxx-xxx, we can get a
linear relation with slope as xxx.
Procedure
Describe how do you conduct this experiment to get the required measurements.
Always include figures/configuration to explain the apparatus and steps. In passive
language or present/past tense. No instructional language or point format would be
accepted.
Example: The length of xxx was found to be xxx m. The position of xxx has been
recorded in tables. The ball has been released from rest at a certain height of xxx m.
Wrong: You receive 0 credit for the whole part if you make any mistake like below
1. Point format
2. Instructional language: Measure the length of car, record the data, push the car
forward.
Results
Perform important calculation here and show how you get your result, with computer-
generated data graph and table. No screenshot, no scanned copy. All tables and
graphs must be generated using excel or word or other text/data editing software.
Graphs must have figure name (“Graph #1”), title (“Graph of A against B”, which is Y
vs X. You only heard of v-t graph, but never t-v graph.), axis name (with correct unit)
and trendline equation (if present). Tables must have table name (“Table #1”), column
title (with correct unit on top). Include error percentage result here if present. Caption of
graph is optional but encouraged. Quality and completeness of data will be examined.
Hint: Usually all numbers should be shown here.
Discussion and Conclusions

Answer questions being addressed in the worksheets. Make reliable reasoning
according your data. Either they follow or disobey your hypothesis, you are encouraged
to guess the reason, scientifically. Qualitatively describe possible sources of error,
deduce other outcomes, justify your assumptions or give advice to improve your
experiment. They are all acceptable. In the end, always summarize the main point of
this study.
Reference
Do not use the whole website as your reference. Please use the correct way to refer
online materials.
Appendix
Attach your worksheets and extra data table if any. You may put your graphs here if you
do not include in previous sections. List any additional data or materials here

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