Wednesday, June 23, 2010

What would be the main make-up of a Lab write-up?

I am trying to write this supposed ';Lab Evaluation';, but that's sort of hard to do when the teacher doesn't tell you what you're supposed to put into it. I know the basics, such as materials, procedure, and results, but is there anything else that I would need to make this somewhat decent? This is only tenth grade biology, but I would still like to get a good grade on this.What would be the main make-up of a Lab write-up?
Introduction - A brief discussion of what you are doing in the lab and why. Talk a little about the theory behind the experiment. Try to identify an hypothesis or question.





Methods - materials and procedures. It should be written so that the reader can exactly duplicate your experiment.





Results - the exact findings of your experiment. Use graphics, graphs and/or tables to help the reader understand your findings. Each figure or table should have a caption explaining what it is showing. This stuff should still be in your text and the text should refer to the figure.





Discussion - What do the results mean? Why do you think you got these results? What factors other than those you were testing may have influenced the results (confounding factors)? What further questions come to mind in light of these results (further research)?





If you include all this in a tenth grade lab report, you will be sure to score an A. And trust me, you'll be way ahead of most college sophomore science majors.

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