Lab report guidelines powerpoint presentation

biology

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!!