Lab Report Graphic Organizer - Mr. Todd's Science Class



Lab Report Graphic Organizer

Partners: __________ ________________________________

TITLE: ________________________________________________________________

PURPOSE:

Include background information. What did you already know about the topic?

We already knew that…

In this investigation, we wanted to find out...(What was the question?)

HYPOTHESIS:

Our hypothesis was if… , then…

MATERIALS (include amounts):

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PROCEDURE:

1.

2.

3.

Continue to add more numbered steps if necessary.

Justification of Methods:

In this experiment, the __________________________________________ was the independent variable and the _________________________________ was the dependent variable. We chose to change the independent variable in this way because _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________.

DATA AND OBSERVATIONS:

(Include both quantitative and qualitative data.)

Title of Graph:

|heading and units:____________ |heading and units:____________ |

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Dependent variable + units

Independent variable label + units

ANALYSIS QUESTIONS:

(Any questions found in a lab should be rewritten, and answered in this section. If there are analysis questions, they will comprise half of your data and observation score.)

CONCLUSION:

Our hypothesis was supported or not/supported (choose one) by our data. I know this because…

.

As the (independent variable)_____________________________

the (dependent variable)

.

I think our results are due to

One problem with our experiment was...

This might affect our results by/because…

We could improve this experiment by...

This would be helpful because …

If we wanted to investigate this question further, some other experiments we could perform would be…

Other important things to note:

1. Don’t write on the back of notebook sheets for lab reports.

2. Skip a line between each section.

3. Title and underline each section, then begin writing on the next line.

Grading:

|Lab Component |Points Possible |Points Earned |

|Title |5 | |

|Purpose |5 | |

|Hypothesis |5 | |

|Materials |10 | |

|Procedure |10 | |

|Justification of methods |5 | |

|Data and Observations/Analysis Questions |20 | |

|Conclusion |30 | |

|Neatness/Grammar |10 | |

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