Lab Report Format

1
Lab Report Format

• 100 Points

2
General Information

• Lab Reports should be easy to read and precisely
  convey essential information about the
  experiment.
• The reader should be able to find the information
  easily so everything in the report should be
  clearly labeled.
• The report must contain the following parts.

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The Abstract

• The abstract should be a short description of
  what was done in the experiment plus background
  information about the scientific concepts
  involved.
• The results of the experiment should be included
  in this section.
• A good abstract is approximately 3 paragraphs
  that are seven to eight sentences.

4
Materials and Methods

• A list of procedures and equipment should be
  included in this section.
• The list does not have to be all inclusive but
  should cover the major pieces of equipment and
  important procedures followed in the experiment.
• The objective is to provide enough information so
  that the experiment can be duplicated.

5
Results

• This section is where all the graphs,
  calculations, and statistical analysis are
  presented.
• Care must be taken to label all of the components
  listed above.
• The report should include salt and D.I. water
  boiling point graphs, and density calculations.
• Also, the class average, average deviation, and
  percent error for the difference between salt and
  D.I. water boiling points should be clearly
  shown.

6
Discussion

• This section should include a discussion of the
  precision and accuracy of the experiment.
• A discussion of possible errors should also be
  included.