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How to Write a Lab
Report
Lab Report Write-Up Components
Title - this is good to have, for obvious reasons
Abstract - may help you, but not a necessity
Introduction
Materials & Method/Procedure
Results
Discussion & Conclusion
Citations - MLA format!
Abstract
➔ Summary of your lab report
➔ When writing, write this LAST.
Should contain:
- Prior info
- Reason for the experiment
- Prediction
- Results
- What the results mean
- Usually only a paragraph
Introduction
Introduces the need for the experiment & explains what the results you are
looking for.
Should contain:
- Background information
- Provides info and explains why you performed your experiment
- Cite this background info in MLA format!!
- Use reliable resources - no wikipedia
- State hypothesis & prediction
- May be couple pages in length, but could be a couple paragraphs -
depends
Materials & Method
Materials are what you needed for your experiment.
- Should be bulleted
- Use scientific terms (for example: should use sodium chloride, not salt)
Methods
- Paragraph form, using past passive tense
- Use units and precise terms in everything!
- Assume the reader has no idea how to perform the experiment!
Results
Provide your resulting data to your readers.
Include:
- Clarifying statements in between your data table and graphs
- I.e. “Figure 1 below/above presents the data collected for the size of feet for girls in this class”
- Each data table, graph and figure needs a caption - tells reader what
he/she is looking at - provides info about anything strange or notable
about that figure
- Data tables to describe results work well!
Discussion & Conclusion
Paragraph format
Claim: restate hypothesis
Evidence: provide analyzed data
Reasoning: explain how & why data supports or rejects your hypothesis
Error: what went wrong?
Further Research: what next?
Remember that each of those items may take more than one sentence!!

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Lab report guidelines powerpoint presentation

  • 1. How to Write a Lab Report
  • 2. Lab Report Write-Up Components Title - this is good to have, for obvious reasons Abstract - may help you, but not a necessity Introduction Materials & Method/Procedure Results Discussion & Conclusion Citations - MLA format!
  • 3. Abstract ➔ Summary of your lab report ➔ When writing, write this LAST. Should contain: - Prior info - Reason for the experiment - Prediction - Results - What the results mean - Usually only a paragraph
  • 4. Introduction Introduces the need for the experiment & explains what the results you are looking for. Should contain: - Background information - Provides info and explains why you performed your experiment - Cite this background info in MLA format!! - Use reliable resources - no wikipedia - State hypothesis & prediction - May be couple pages in length, but could be a couple paragraphs - depends
  • 5. Materials & Method Materials are what you needed for your experiment. - Should be bulleted - Use scientific terms (for example: should use sodium chloride, not salt) Methods - Paragraph form, using past passive tense - Use units and precise terms in everything! - Assume the reader has no idea how to perform the experiment!
  • 6. Results Provide your resulting data to your readers. Include: - Clarifying statements in between your data table and graphs - I.e. “Figure 1 below/above presents the data collected for the size of feet for girls in this class” - Each data table, graph and figure needs a caption - tells reader what he/she is looking at - provides info about anything strange or notable about that figure - Data tables to describe results work well!
  • 7. Discussion & Conclusion Paragraph format Claim: restate hypothesis Evidence: provide analyzed data Reasoning: explain how & why data supports or rejects your hypothesis Error: what went wrong? Further Research: what next? Remember that each of those items may take more than one sentence!!