Step4

Practical 'sense of touch'

Together with a classmate you are going to perform the practical 'sense of touch'. You will make a lab report about this practical.

Do you know how to write a lab report?

No? Watch the following:

 

Are you writing a lab report for biology, physics or chemistry? Then you are writing a scientific paper. A real scientific paper includes the following:

Introduction

Start with the explanation about why you are doing the experiment. Include the things you already know and the theories you have already learned.

Research question

Write down the question you are trying to answer with the experiment. This is your research question. Explain what you are investigating and how you are going to get an answer to your research question.

Material

Write down the materials somebody would need if they wanted to do the same experiment. If the setup is quite complicated you should also make a drawing of how everything is put together.

Method

In your own words, explain how you perform the experiment. Keep in mind, somebody else must be able to re-do the experiment by reading your lab report!

Results

Write down what you observed during the experiment. Everything you: saw, heard, smelled, measured, counted, etc. In the results there should be either a drawing, a graph or a table (sometimes multiple). If you needed to calculate something show your calculations in the results.

Conclusion

In the conclusion you answer the research question. Answer the question in a full sentence. Make sure the conclusion matches the results.

Discussion

In the discussion you explain why the results lead to your conclusion. Also you give tips on how to improve the experiment. This way somebody who reads your research can make an even better experiment!

Are you finished?

When you are finished make sure your lab report includes the following:

  • a title
  • the subject
  • your first and last name
  • your class
  • the date
  • if there are multiple pages, include a contents page

If you have used information from a book or the internet, make sure to mention which sources you used at the end.

 

 

Now we remember how to write a lab report we can move on with the following:

Good luck!