LABORATORY REPORT - MANUSCRIPT FORM
1. Each lab report must be presented in a lab notebook. The lab book can only be a thick hard cover composition book
with 100 - 150 pages with the pages sewn in (not glued in; no perforations).
2. Each report must be neatly presented in one of either pencil or blue or black ink (but pencil is best) on the front (not on
the back) of the pages. The backs of the pages are for you to use as scratch paper for illustrations, special instructions
for the labs, safety information, any changes to the lab instructions, etc. The backs of the pages will not be graded,
only the fronts of the pages will be graded.
3. Lab partners may work together to finish a lab report; however, NO ONE may copy anybody else’s lab report (even
your partner’s) for any reason whatsoever! All data much be shared between lab partners BEFORE you leave the lab.
NO ONE may share any part of a lab report after you leave the lab.
4. No pages can ever be torn out of your lab book. If you make a mistake, the entire page should be folded down, but it
can never be torn out. (This also includes pages at the back. Do not ever tear them out; since they are sewn to the
pages in the front, it will make the ones in the front fall out also!)
5. Skip lines between each section of the lab report.
6. All graphs that are to be included in the lab report are to be done on graph paper. They should take up the entire page
of the graph paper and should be taped or stapled into the lab book at the end of the lab report and then folded so they
don=t stick out.
7. Your lab report should follow the form illustrated below and should include the following information:
Name
Date
TITLE
OBJECTIVE: This should be one to three sentences explaining the purpose of this lab.
(Skip a line between each section.)
PROCEDURE: This must be written in paragraph form and cannot be a numbered list.
Each separate step should be written in a separate “mini-paragraph.” Include step by step
information about how the lab is to be done, including the amounts of materials, etc. You will
do the experiment from your lab book, not the lab instruction sheets.
OBSERVATIONS: What you observed in the experiment will either be presented in a data
table(s) or in listed “mini-paragraph” observations, depending on the experiment.
CONCLUSION: This is a paragraph explaining what you learned from the lab and the
interpretations you can draw from the data you gathered. Also, include in this section
explanations for any error you may have had in your lab.
QUESTIONS: If the lab sheet had questions at the end, you will answer them here.
Give the answers only, not the questions, in complete sentences. This means you will
have to write the questions down somewhere ahead of time because the lab sheets will be
taken up at the beginning of the lab.
(You may write on the bottom line and in the right margin.)