Science Lab Write-up Outline

Please look at these cheklists and use them...it will help you.

Experimental Design Checklist.   Checklist1 experiment design.doc

A Lab Checklist to follow for lab writeups.Checklist2 lab report.doc                     

Labs should be written on punched paper that may be

kept in your notebooks with other material from the same chapter

 

 

 

Labs are generally due for the class that follows the lab date.

Unless otherwise stated.

Most lab write-ups will be marked out of 10 using the following format:

Format	Marks
Title and/or lab and page number Name:Date: (when lab was done) Due Date:	1
Purpose and/or Hypothesis	1
Apparatus and Materials	1
Procedure:  (Use text, but make changes where necessary i.e. did you do a variation of the text?) Be sure to leave out directions from the text that do not pertain to the actual procedure of the lab, such as directions to copy tables in your notebook, etc.	1
Observation and Data  Charts, tables, graphs, diagrams. All should relate to the procedure	2
Discussion:   Generally you are requested to answer some or all of the questions asked by the text , or those on the lab sheet	2
Conclusion:  Relate the results back to the Hypothesis.  State what has been learned or discovered.   Suggest further labs to reinforce or dispute results.   Suggest possible areas of error or inaccuracy.	2
Total Mark	10

Note: On some labs the discussion questions will be worth more than 2

marks and therefore the lab will be worth more marks as well.