Lab
Write-Up Format
(Scientific
Method)
Purpose
The
purpose of this experiment is to determine if _________________________
Hypothesis
If
an experiment is conducted in which _______________________ then it is
believed that ________________________________.
Variable
This
is the thing that you are testing to see if it affects your experiment.
What
are you changing in the experiment?
(Sunlight/darkness,
type of plant food, etc.)
Materials
This
is a bulleted list of materials used including exact amounts of
liquids, solids in metric (mL, L, mm, cm, m, mg, g, kg)
Safety
This is where you write what safety precautions you will take
Procedure
This
is a numbered, step-by-step DETAILED account of the experiment.
It
should be numbered and easy to follow.
It
is like a cookbook. Anyone should be able to pick it up and re-do your
experiment EXACTLY as you did it.
Results
This
is where you put the data. In
graph form and written out, what happened. NOT why it happened,
only what you saw both quantitative (numbers) and qualitative (what you
saw-observations)
Conclusion
1.
Restate
the purpose
2.
Briefly
restate the procedure
3.
State
what happened in your experiment
4.
State
why you think this happened (use any info you already know to back it up)
5.
Was
your hypothesis supported or not supported? (not right or wrong)
6.
Was
there error in your experiment?
7.
How
can you improve the experiment?