IN-CLASS ACTIVITY: WRITING INTRODUCTIONS TO LABORATORY
REPORTS
PURPOSE:
To identify general types of information that should be included in lab
report introductions including:
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ACTIVITY:
Goals
Experimental plan
Background information
Relevance
You will work individually during this assignment, since this activity is
designed to help you begin the laboratory report that you each must write
for this course.
Fill out the worksheets that follow in a DETAILED fashion. Your goal is
to provide enough information that the worksheet will serve as a detailed
outline for the introduction to your lab report. Note that you must also
choose a title for your report. Give this some thought. You should not
simply use the title provided on your laboratory protocol-personalize this!
INFORMATION GATHERING WORKSHEET FOR WRITING AN
INTRODUCTION
TITLE OF REPORT:
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Part I: The goals of this experiment are:
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Part II: The experimental plan that I will follow to accomplish these goals
is:
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Part III: Questions that I have about the goals of this lab (concepts or
terminology) are:
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**Note that the answers to any questions you have about the laboratory
should be provided, in a narrative way, in your laboratory report
introduction. Your reader probably has the same questions.
Part IV: Questions that I have about the experimental protocols (theory or
practice) are:
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**See statement for Part III.
Part V: The reason(s) that the goals and results of this lab are important is:
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