Title of lab: Seed Germination
Course Title: Reproduction, Growth & development Lab
Course ID. BIOL 1332L
Lab No. 4
Section: 5
Student Name: Alexa Acosta
Student Partner:
Date Performed:
Date Due: 21st March 2023
Instructor Name:
Title: The title states the focus of the lab activity. The title should be to the point,
descriptive, accurate, and concise (ten words or less).
Introduction: Includes brief background information on the topic of the lab
activity.
Objective(s): It states clearly the purpose of experiment- i.e. indicates exactly
what the goal of the experiment is.
Methods: List materials used in the lab activity.
Procedure(s): This section of lab report involves producing a written description
of the procedures used in conducting the experiment. The report should be
written entirely in 3rd person. No personal pronouns should be used. If referring
to anything that happened in the past, then use the past tense. For example, if
you are writing about an experiment you have already performed then refer to it
in the past tense. Present tense should be used when referring to a scientific
principle, such as, “Water is two parts hydrogen and one-part oxygen.”
Use the narrative format. This section should not be in a list format or read like a
recipe. The information should be relayed in a story type of writing.
Only include the important details. Not every detail needs to be included. Only
the relevant elements should be mentioned.
Results: The results section should include all tabulated data from observations
during the experiment. This includes charts, tables, graphs, and any other
illustrations of data collected. It should also include a written summary of the
information in your charts, tables, and/or other illustrations. Any patterns or
trends observed in the experiment or indicated in an illustration it should be noted
as well.
Discussion and Conclusion: This section is where you summarize what
happened in the experiment. Fully discuss and interpret the information. The
conclusion pulls the discussion section into the context. This section carries the
most weight.
Reiterate the results. Remind the reader of what you found in the results section
of the lab report. If more than one experiment was conducted, separate the
individual experiments into individual paragraphs just as they were in the results
portion. Rather than saying the same information over again though, discuss the
results in the context of the overall goal of the experiment, which was identified in
the objectives of the report.
Interpret the results. The reader needs to know what the results of the
experiments mean. Why is the data like it is? Why is this data important to know?
Answering these questions will take raw data and make it meaningful for the
reader.
Discuss potential modifications for the experiment. If a person wanted to replicate
this experiment, what might they change about it to create further progress in this
topic area? This is not about correcting mistakes made in conducting the
experiment. What should be discussed here is how to modify the methods of the
experiment to push scientific knowledge in this topic forward.
References: All references used should be included at the end of the lab report.
That includes any books, articles, lab manuals, etc. used when writing the report.
Use APA style unless specified by lecturer.
N.B. include a separate cover page that includes: title of lab activity(s),
Course Title, Course ID, Section, Lab No., Student Name, Date performed, Date
Due and instructor’s name.