Lab Report Writing Guide

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Lab Report Writing Guide
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• 1. Title

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• 2. Problem A clear statement written as a
  question.

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• 3. Research Observe Gather Data Find out as
  much information as you can about your subject.
  Read up to date books and articles, interview
  people who are knowledgeable about your subject.
  List all references.

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• 4. Hypothesis An answer to the question based on
  individual past experience or research. Make sure
  it is testable and gives an answer to the
  problem. Must have a cause and effect. Use an
  IfThenFormat (If this is happening then this
  will be the result.)

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• 5. Experiment Steps to investigate (your plan of
  action to test your hypothesis)
• Must include
• METHOD (Before actually
  doing the lab)
• List of materials
• List of variables ( Independent, Dependent,
  Control)
• Step by step procedure
• Draw a diagram
• Data collection tables

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• IMPLEMENTATION (During or immediately after the
  lab)
• Record Data (Be sure to label all units of
  measure)
• Describe information collected
• List any other observations about what happened

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• 7. Conclusion What did I find out?
• --Was hypothesis correct (rewrite if
  no)
• -- Explain results using graph or chart
• --Problems and successes with
  investigation
• --Look for relationships in the
  experiment and variables. How did the different
  variables do in the experiment?
• --Conclusions and inferences supported
  with data.

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• --How could the experiment be improved?
• --Any ideas for further investigation?
  (I wonder what would happen if)
• --How does this relate to everyday
  life?
• --Why was your result the way it was,
  (make an inference)
• --Limitations of your experiment.