Physical and Chemical Changes - LABORATORY REPORT
NAME: ……………………………….
PURPOSE:
Focused Idea to Test / Testable Question / Hypothesis
Transfer from your journal
PREDICTION:
What do you think will happen in the experiment and why do you think that?
Transfer from your journal
PRE-LAB NOTES and RESEARCH:
Pre-lab questions and any research or background information referring to the content of the lab.
What is the difference between a physical and chemical change?
MATERIALS:
What materials and equipment were used in this lab?
Transfer from your data tables
PROCEDURES:
What steps were taken to complete this investigation?
Describe, in general, what you did during the lab.
OBSERVATIONS AND DATA:
What did you observe during the lab? What data did you collect? (may include data tables)
TYPE THIS: “See data table.”
RESULTS / NARRATIVE OF FINDINGS:
Include any calculations such as averages, percent change, percent error and any graphs of data.
Give a list of all the changes that you observed during the lab. (This can be in bullet form.)
DISCUSSION / INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:
What do your results mean? How do they compare to your hypothesis? Answer any discussion or post-lab questions
here.
1. List at least 4 different properties of the starting materials that you observed.
2. What is a chemical change? List 4 pieces of evidence from this lab that indicate that a chemical change has
occurred.
3. Were any physical changes observed? If so, list the physical changes that you observed.
4. What is the difference between a chemical and physical change?
IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE STUDY:
What is something that you could research after this lab? What is another lab that could be an extension of this one?
RELEVANCE:
How does this lab relate to and help you understand the content from class?