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It must be written in Google Docs and then shared with everyone in the group.
It must be shared with me with editorial powers.
This will allow me to see what specific people do on the report. One portion of the grade will be how equally the work is distributed.

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Title Page
The purpose or abstract
The methods
The Data
The Conclusion

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Title of Lab
Names of group members
Date
Period
My Name

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The purpose or abstract.
This is a short paragraph that explains the basic outline of the lab. Generally, you will state your hypothesis, or what you expected from the lab, and a brief general overview that gives the reader a road map to follow.
For the purposes of this lab you can ignore the hypothesis.

 The following lab report with review and go in depth on the flame lab. This lab burned metals in order to find their energy emission. The hypothesis of the experimenter was, the closer the element is on the periodic table, the more similarly colored flame it will burn and energy it will emit. In the lab the experimenter will take different metals and stick them into a flame. As the flame changes colors, the experimenter will record the found data to compare at the end.

 The purpose of the lab was to better understand the behavior of electrons and to identify an unknown compound. In this test, compounds were burned and produced colors. It has shown the process of electrons moving to different energy levels since light was emitted. To identify the unknown compound, the compound was burned and the results were compared to the results of the other compounds. The hypothesis was that the compounds would produce distinct, vibrant colors when burned and these colors would correspond to the amount of energy released by the atoms during the process.

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Now each of you should write an abstract.
Get feed back from your group. Be constructive offer two things you liked and two things you thing they should change.

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Your materials need to be listed in as much detail as possible. From the watch glass used in part one, to the crucible tongs you used.
You should be specific. Include number of moles of things used, and grams.
Some teachers prefer this to be a part of the procedure, some prefer it to be a separate list. You should always ask. I want a list.

Materials
-gloves on your hands
-goggles covering your eyes
-skewers soaked in the distilled water for 3 hours
-two cups(one for soaking the skewers and another for the used skewers
-Distilled water in one of the cups
-lighter
-Bunsen burner
-color pencils and pen
-notebook
-a tray of substances
-and unknown substance in another cup
-hair tied up for those with long hair
-sleeves rolled up

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A methods section is where you communicate your procedure. It should be a description of the procedure you did. It is your instructions to those who follow you.
You want it to be clear, and concise, yet detailed enough for someone else to follow.
It should be written in the passive voice but it should include all values, and measurements that need to be used or taken.
There should be no I or We

First, you should take one cup and fill it with 75ml of distilled water. Put the bamboo skewers in the cup and leave it for 3-7 hrs. Then find a table and place the Bunsen burner, the lighter, the cups, the tray of known substances, and a cup of the unknown substance. hair must be tied up one has long hair and sleeves should be pulled up. Put on gloves and goggles to protect eyes and skin and to prevent anything that can be dangerous to the body. On the table, place all the materials that was listed onto the table. Make sure nothing is too close to the Bunsen burn. Light up the Bunsen burner.
Take one soaked skewer and start with the first substance by scooping some of it up. Then place it over the Bunsen burner and into the flame. Repeat this with all the substances 3 times each. Record the colors of each substances for each trial.
Lastly, take the unknown substance and repeat the process of putting the substance into the flame. Record the results.

Before conducting the experiment, the bamboo splints were placed in
75.0mL of distilled water and were left to soak for three to seven hours. This was done to prevent the combustion of the skewers. A small sample, approximately 1.0 grams, of each of the seven known compounds, sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, strontium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, copper (II) chloride, and lithium chloride, were placed in a labeled well plate. The physical appearance of each substance was recorded for later comparison. A clean skewer was then dipped into the sample, and then was placed into the flame of a Bunsen burner. The color was then recorded, and an image was drawn. Each sample was burned three times and then the results were compared so that a baseline could be obtained. Two unknown samples in numbered vials were then acquired. Each one was examined for physical appearance, with special attention to color and crystal shape. Then the two unknown substances were burned as with the known compounds and the results were recorded.

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Write a quick draft of your methods.
Switch with the people at your table. Provide feed back, two things you like and two things you think should be changed.

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Data needs to always be presented in a clear and precise way.
You should always have a data table with labels.
Usually there is a graph of some sort.
Graphs need to be computer generated, have properly labeled axis's, a clear key, and some sort of best fit line with an R-squared value.
Graphs should have color, but maintain a professional appearance. No neon yellow or pink.
You should also provide sample calculations here. You should do one calculation of each type.

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When you write a lab report the synthesis of your data happens in the conclusion.
So you need to do the following things for this lab.
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Explain what your lab data says the formula is and what the balanced equation is. Explain whether or not this makes sense with what you know about ionic bonds. The product is ionic.
Does your data match the accepted value?
Hypothesize why your data does not match the accepted value
Does your data match the class results? Why or Why not?
Compare your results with last year’s data. They used coarser grains of wool than you guys did, did it affect results?
They also used a beaker and a pie tin, they suggested that using the pie tin would improve results. Did it?
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You should talk about ways to improve the results.
You also should talk about where experimental error could have been introduced.

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Need to be in third person. No “I” or “We” or anything of that nature.
It must be written in passive voice.
Make sure you use units.

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12pt Times New Roman
1 inch margins
Double spaced
Sections should be set off by a bold 14 pt title
Aside from the materials list, everything should be in paragraph form
Always include your units!!!!
I want the final copy typed and printed. I also want a copy emailed.