Lab Report write

Lab Report write-up

Each report should include the following:

Title page:

Name, Course, Instructor

Title of experiments

Partner’s name (if you worked with a partner that day)

Introduction:

Write one paragraph on background and purpose of the experiment. This should be mostly in present tense format.

Materials and methods:

Give chemicals, materials and equipment you used in past tense prose format. The methods must be presented in past tense. If your methods deviated from

those listed in the handout be sure to give the methods you actually used in lab. Don’t begin sentences with numbers. You may divide this section of the report into subheadings. For example, “Preparation of enzyme,” “Enzyme assay,” and “Temperature and pH effects on enzyme activity” could be some of the subheadings you may include.

Results

Record of data, including sample calculations, images, graphs:

Refer to tables in the report as Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 etc.

Refer to figures in the report as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 etc. Figures may include graphs, images, drawings, chemical structures.

Discussion:

Give a 1-2 paragraph discussion (three to five sentences each) of the scientific conclusions you drew from the experiment. Results specific to the experiment are written in the past tense and the universal conclusions you draw are written in the present tense. For example, “In our study, polyphenoloxidase oxidized catechol twice as quickly as phenol and hydroquinone. Due to the observation that all three substrates exhibited some color change it is concluded that polyphenoloxidase exhibits group specificity.”

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