Lab Report Title + Date

Lab Partner(s)

 

 

Problem:

The problem is the question that is being investigated by the lab activity.  It may be stated as a question or in a declarative form. 

 

Hypothesis:

The hypothesis should be stated in an if/then format.  The if describes the solution and the then describes what would be observed to support the proposed solution.

  

Procedure:

The procedure includes a summary of the lab protocol which outlines the important steps of the lab in general terms.

• No personal pronouns are used in the description of the procedure

• No specific quantities are mentioned

• Techniques must be described using the proper name (for example:  "micropipette cell homogenate into a test tube")

• The summary must also include a drawing of the lab setup (if a computer graphic is used, it must include a citation of the source)

• If the student created the experimental design, it should be described here in numbered steps.

 

Data:

• Tables:  Please make sure to use units and Guggenheim Notation for all quantitative data (quantity/ ⁺_- uncertainty)

• Real Time Graphs (graphs generated by loggerpro would be placed here)

• Calculations:  N/A

• Graphs:  A visual method used to determine the relationship between two direct measurements.  The resulting slope is considered a calculation. 

 

Results/Analysis:

• Provide a specific statement of findings based upon data (for example:  a 10% increase in amylase concentration resulted in a 15% increase in sugar production)

• Description of experimental error:  explain the error built into the laboratory setup and explain how that error may have impacted your findings.  This is an analysis of inherent laboratory error, not human error.

• Analysis:  Answers to the specific analysis questions posed in the lab should be placed here.

 

 Conclusion:

• Provide a generalization of the overall relationship revealed by the data (for example:  an increase in amylase concentration results in a direct increase of sugar production)

• If the hypothesis is supported or refuted by the data, state so here and explain.   

• How does the relationship discovered in lab resolve the problem?  Further work that might be done to investigate the problem is also suggested here.