Name:

Block:

Date:

Lab Report Graphic Organizer

Partners:

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Title: _______________________________________________

PURPOSE:
Include background information. What did you already know about the topic?
We already knew that

In this investigation, we wanted to find out...(What was the question?)

Our hypothesis was...if
then
because

MATERIALS (include amounts):

Adapted from L.Noferi by B. Ferri 14 December 2012

PROCEDURE:
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Continue to add more numbered steps if necessary.

Justification of Methods:
In this experiment, the __________________________________________ was the
independent variable and the _________________________________ was the
dependent variable. We chose to change the independent variable in this
way because _______________________________________________________
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DATA AND OBSERVATIONS:
Observations:

Title of Graph:
heading and units:____________

heading and units:____________

Dependent variable + units

Independent variable label + units

CONCLUSION:
Our hypothesis was supported or not/supported (choose one) by our data. I
know this because

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As the (independent variable)_____________________________

the (dependent variable)

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I think our results are due to

One problem with our experiment was...

This might affect our results by/because

We could improve this experiment by...

This would be helpful because

If we wanted to investigate this question further, some other experiments we

could perform would be