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Writing a Lab Report

Writing a Lab Report. Using the Scientific Method. 1. Title of Lab The Effect of (manipulated variable) on (responding variable). 3 . Hypothesis : If (how the manipulated variable is changed), then (the effect on the responding variable).

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Writing a Lab Report

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  1. Writing a Lab Report Using the Scientific Method

  2. 1. Title of LabThe Effect of (manipulated variable) on (responding variable). 3. Hypothesis: If (how the manipulated variable is changed), then (the effect on the responding variable). If I add milk to a piece of bread, then it will become moldy. 2. Investigative Question/ Purpose: Why? How? What? When? Which? Will?

  3. 3. Materials: List all the supplies used - be specific 4. Procedure: detailed step by step explanation of what you did

  4. 5. Observations and Results:tables, graphs, labeled drawings, or descriptions Responding variable Use your senses to describe what happens Manipulated variable

  5. 6. Conclusion:Write a cohesive paragraph using complete sentences. Do not just cut and paste answers. What was the objective?What was the question and hypothesis? Ex.: The objective for the experiment was… I thought that … Scientists can use … to help them … In order to determine ..., you need to …

  6. 6. Conclusion: (continued) Briefly state what did you do to test the hypothesis. Ex.: Today in lab we … In this activity we … To test our hypothesis … In order to answer our objective, we …

  7. 6. Conclusion: (continued) What evidence do you have? Did the data support your hypothesis? Be specific! Ex.: We found out … because… We determined … based on… We calculated … We tested …

  8. 6. Conclusion: (continued) Discuss possible errors in your data collection, and how you can eliminate them next time. Did you control all the unknowns? Ex.: I think … could have affected my results because ….

  9. 6. Conclusion: (continued) What did you learn?What do you still have questions about? Ex.: I learned …. I discovered … I now understand … In conclusion …

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