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Labprotoco
Labprotoco
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.