Leesburg High School Format for LAB Write-Up

General Tips to Remember:

All sections must be completed. If it is not, it will reflect in your grade.
Your lab write up should be neat and readable. If it cant be read, it wont be graded.
No pronouns
Use past tense in all sections besides background section
Please include the following information in the order noted.
Name(s)[include group member(s)/Jobs if applicable]:
Date(s) the Lab was performed:
Title of the Lab:
ac!ground "nowledge: Write in your own words. IN!U"# $%U&# %' IN'%&(A)I%N*
#roblem $tatement/%uestion: +i,es the reader the purpose for doing the e-periment . one sentence long.
&'pothesis: If the I/ is 0describe the change you will make1 then the "/ 0describe the change you e-pect1.
() (test *ariable): )he factor that changes in the e-periment.
D) (outcome *ariable): )he factor that is measured in the e-periment.
+onstants: 'actors that stay the same in the e-periment.
+ontrol ,roup: omparison +roup
-aterials: !ist the items used in the e-periment.
$afet': !ist the safety e2uipment and safety concerns in the e-periment.
#rocedure: !ist all the steps of the e-periment in numbered order.
Data: 3uantitati,e and4or 3ualitati,e 0%bser,ations, harts, )ables, +raphs1. &emember to !abel your work*
0ependent 4 Responding on the ! a-is5 "anipulated 4 #ndependent on the $ a-is1 0TA#LS % Title, A-is,
#nter,al, Labels, Scale1
.nal'sis/Discussion: ($tate wh'/how& Answer all rele,ant pre and post lab 2uestions in paragraph form. What
were your ma6or findings7 "id the findings support or not support the hypothesis as the solution to the restated
problem7 IN!U"# NU(8#&I "A)A and %8$#&/A)I%N$* +i,e scientific understanding or e-planation
of the e-periment and relate it to the topic.
+onclusion: (/*erall findings)
0
st
#aragraph: What was in,estigated7 "escribe the problem. Was the hypothesis supported by data7 Why
or why not. ompare your actual result to the e-pected result if applicable.
1
nd
#aragraph: What errors were possible7 What possible e-planations can you offer for your findings7
$tate any assumptions that were made which may affect the result.
2
rd
#aragraph: What recommendations do you ha,e for further study and for impro,ing the e-periment7
9ow can this e-periment or the findings of this e-periment be used in the real world for the benefit of society7