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Lab Protocol

Duringeachscienceunit,Iparticipateinseverallabs.Thelabsallowmetoexplorewhatwe
arelearninginahandsonway.

Inordertorunalabsafelyandeffectively,thereisacertainprotocolthatIhavetofollow.Iwill
outlinethestepsbelow.

First,IreadoverthelabprocedurethatMrs.Fourniergivesmygroupatthebeginningof
everylab.Then,aftereveryoneinthegrouphashadachancetoreadovertheprocedure,we
discusswhatwearesupposedtodo.Itsreallyimportantthatwedothissothatthelabis
conductedaccuratelyandsafely.

Next,wedecidewhowillcompleteeachstepintheprocedure.Forexample,wehavea
facilitator.Thispersonisresponsibleforreadingthestepsoftheprocedureandmakingsure
thatthestepsarebeingfollowedexactlyastheyarewritten.Thereareseveralotherrolesthat
studentstaketurnscompleting.Iamhappytotellyoumoreaboutthislaterifyoudlike.

BeforeIbeginalab,Ihypothesizewhatwilltheresult(s)ofthelabwillbe.Then,duringthe
lab,Icollectdatathatwillhelpmeconcludewhetherornotmyhypothesiswascorrectornot.
Whenthelabiscompletedandallthedatahasbeencollected,Iamreadytobeginthefinal
step,whichiswritingthelabreport.Thelabreportisjustanoverviewofthepurpose,
hypothesis,procedure,results,andconclusion.

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