Lab Report Form

LAB REPORT FORM

1.  Title (Name of the experiment.)

2.  Question / Purpose (If there is a question you need a hypothesis. If you have a purpose no hypothesis is needed. DO NOT answer this question, except in the hypothesis.)

3.  Hypothesis (If this _____ happens….then this_____ will happen. A hypothesis is your educated prediction of what the conclusion of

the experiment will be before you begin.)

4.  Materials (List the materials that are used in the experiment.)

5.  Procedure (A step by step list of how to conduct the experiment. Be clear and complete and number all steps used. Not a paragraph.)

6.  Results (An explanation in words of what happened in the experiment written in paragraph form. Every experiment or activity will have this!)

7.  Table / Graphs (Tables show data that was collected. Graphs display the data collected in a line or bar graph, whichever is appropriate to the data.)

8.  Discussion Questions (Will vary. Must be answered in complete sentences.)

9.  Conclusion (Use the hypothesis with the results to answer the original question. If a purpose was used then explain what you learned during the experiment. The conclusion has at least three sentences; statement as to the whether the conclusion was proved or disproved, review of the data collected during the experiment and statement as to why you feel the experiment turned out the way it did. Conclusions are worth a lot of points. Do them correctly.)

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Tables and graphs:

Must be labeled and have a title

Must be neat and clear

Must be in pencil or done on the computer

Independent variable on x axis

Dependent variable on y axis

No breaks in data unless approved

Bottom left hand corner should usually be zero

Only line and bar graphs may be used

Graphs should be at least ½ to 1 full page in size. Tables should be ¼ to ½ page in size.

Lab reports:

Must be in pencil or typed on the computer

Must be neat and clear

All headings must be underlined or highlighted