Tips on How to Write a Lab Report
SOME BASIC TIPS ON HOW TO WRITE A LAB REPORT
Just searching on line will give you hundreds of examples so I just want to keep this really simple and basic and if you want to or need more explanation, just search the specific heading like “ How to write a conclusion on a lab report” and you will get more info than you ever wanted!
Title Page • The title of the experiment. • Your name. • The name of the class. • The date the lab was performed or the date the report was submitted.
Title
The title says what you did. It should be brief (aim for ten words or less) and describe the main point of the experiment or investigation. An example of a title would be: "Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Borax Crystal Growth Rate". The title may not contain the word “Demonstrating”. I want you to be more creative and come up with your own title.
Introduction / Purpose
Usually the Introduction is one or two paragraph that explains the objectives or purpose of the lab. Why are you doing this experiment (other than because it is required).The introduction should be short and to the point. It must also catch the reader 's attention and make them want to read the rest of your scientific findings. Here are a couple examples:
|Introduction |
|This report discusses an experiment to study the relationship of temperature and pressure of an ideal gas (air) that was heated in a closed |
|container. Because the ideal gas was in a closed container, its volume remained constant. The objective of the experiment is to test whether the |
|ideal equation of state holds. In the equation, |
|pV = mRT,
Just searching on line will give you hundreds of examples so I just want to keep this really simple and basic and if you want to or need more explanation, just search the specific heading like “ How to write a conclusion on a lab report” and you will get more info than you ever wanted!
Title Page • The title of the experiment. • Your name. • The name of the class. • The date the lab was performed or the date the report was submitted.
Title
The title says what you did. It should be brief (aim for ten words or less) and describe the main point of the experiment or investigation. An example of a title would be: "Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Borax Crystal Growth Rate". The title may not contain the word “Demonstrating”. I want you to be more creative and come up with your own title.
Introduction / Purpose
Usually the Introduction is one or two paragraph that explains the objectives or purpose of the lab. Why are you doing this experiment (other than because it is required).The introduction should be short and to the point. It must also catch the reader 's attention and make them want to read the rest of your scientific findings. Here are a couple examples:
|Introduction |
|This report discusses an experiment to study the relationship of temperature and pressure of an ideal gas (air) that was heated in a closed |
|container. Because the ideal gas was in a closed container, its volume remained constant. The objective of the experiment is to test whether the |
|ideal equation of state holds. In the equation, |
|pV = mRT,
References: All references used should be included at the end of your lab report. That includes any books, articles, lab manuals, websites etc. that you used when writing your report. You must use and cite references other than just your textbook and PowerPoint. Since this is an online class, you have the entire internet at the tip of your fingers….use it.