Microscopes and cells lab report

Lab Report Format:

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 (20%):

Write one paragraph (at least 4-5sentences) on background and purpose of the experiment. This should be mostly in present tense format.

Materials and methods (10%):

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 lab manual 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 (40%):

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. All figures, tables, etc. are to be clearly labeled. You should explain in writing what the figures demonstrate (no interpretation/conclusions in this section!!)

Discussion (30%):

Give a 1-2 paragraph discussion (at least 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 overall conclusions you draw are written in the present tense. In this section, also give any reasons for why your experiment do not work successfully (if applicable).

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.”