Formal Lab Report Pieces

Put the sections of a lab report or journal article in order

• Methods

• Introduction

• Results

• Abstract

• Discussion & Conclusion

The introduction starts with ..

• A review of background knowledge

• A recap of the results

• The prediction and hypothesis

• Your opinion on science

Clues that an article contains reliable research or information​

(a)   ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)  

• Peer reivewed
• Author is associated with a university
• Linked in Wikipedia
• Published in an academic journal
• Has a fancy title

An introduction includes a specific hypothesis / prediction that is testable

• True

• False

The ​ (a)   starts​ with ​ (b)   information and becomes​ (c)  

• introduction
• specific
• discussion
• methods
• general

The purpose of the study or experiment is stated in the methods

• True

• False

Match the statement to the section of a lab report

• Methods

• Author, date, title, publication information.

• References

• The second step of the experiment was to add iodine to the unknown solution

• Introduction

• Overall, this experiment demonstrated no conclusive result

• Results

• The most abundant polyaminosaccharide found on earth is chitin. This lab investigates the structure of chitin,.

• Conclusion

• 

The introduction includes:

• Background knowledge the reader needs to understand the lab

• A prediction

• A purpose or problem the lab tries to solve

• A brief summary of the procedure

papers undergo extensive editing and review by the scientific community

The title: plants grow under salt stress is a​ ​ (a)   title

• weak
• informative
• strong
• very bad