1. Use the provided cover page.
2. The report (excluding the cover page & Lab data sheet) shall be not more than TEN (10) pages.
3. Line Spacing between sentences: 1.15 4. The report shall comprises of the following:
a. Introduction
The introduction defines the subject of the report. It must outline the scientific purpose(s) or
objective(s) for the research performed and give the reader sufficient background to understand the rest of the report. Care should be taken to limit the background to whatever is pertinent to the experiment. A good introduction will answer several questions, including the following:
Why was this study performed?
Answers to this question may be derived from observations of nature or from the literature.
What is the specific purpose of the study?
The specific hypotheses and experimental design pertinent to investigating the topic should be described.
b. Materials and methods
List everything needed to complete your experiment. Describe the steps you completed during your investigation. This is your procedure. Be sufficiently detailed that anyone could read this section and duplicate your experiment. Write it as if you were giving direction for someone else to do the lab. It may be helpful to provide a Figure to diagram your experimental setup.
c. Result
Numerical data obtained from your procedure should be organized into tables, figures, graphs, photographs, and so on. Data encompasses what you recorded when you conducted the experiment.
It's just the facts, not any interpretation of what they mean.
All figures and tables should have descriptive titles and should include a legend explaining any symbols, abbreviations, or special methods used. Figures and tables should be numbered separately and should be referred to in the text by number, for example:
Figure 1 shows that the activity decreased after five minutes.
The activity decreased after five minutes (fig. 1).
Figures and tables should be self-explanatory; that is, the reader should be able to understand them without referring to the text. All columns and rows in tables and axes in figures should be labeled.
See appendix B for graphing instructions.
This section of your report should concentrate on general trends and differences and not on trivial details. Many authors organize and write the results section before the rest of the report.
d. Discussion
This section should not just be a restatement of the results but should emphasize interpretation of the data, relating them to existing theory and knowledge. Speculation is appropriate, if it is so identified. Suggestions for the improvement of techniques or experimental design may also be
Appendix B
included here. In writing this section, you should explain the logic that allows you to accept or reject your original hypotheses. You should also be able to suggest future experiments that might clarify areas of doubt in your results.
e. Conclusion
Most of the time the conclusion is a single paragraph that sums up what happened in the experiment, whether your hypothesis was accepted or rejected, and what this means.
f. References
This section lists all articles or books cited in your report. The listing should be alphabetized by the last names of the authors. Different types of references require different formats of citation. Please use either APA citation format (http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx) or IEEE citation format (http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf).
g. Your lab data sheet (signed by your demonstrator)
Bibliography for Appendix C
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistrylabexperiments/a/labreports.htm
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Items Unacceptable Satisfactory Good Outstanding/Excellent Score
(S) too small or too large, papers stapled together. clean and neatly bound
in a report cover.
Fully in accordance to engineering format as
specified Legible writing,
well-formed characters, clean and neatly bound
in a report cover.
Timeliness (W = 5)
Report handed in more than one week
late. topic by giving limited
explanations and elaboration.
Demonstrate some understanding on the
topic by giving fair amount of explanations and
elaboration.
Demonstrate high understanding on the topic by giving proper
explanations and
stated fully, and is unclear
the overall purpose for undertaking the
research or experiment(s) is stated fully, but in an unclear
manner
the overall purpose for undertaking the
research or experiment(s) is stated
fully, but could have been worded more
concisely/directly
the overall purpose for undertaking the
research or experiment(s) is stated
in a clear, concise manner. but can be understood.
Clearly addresses the analysis of the data.
Presents an illogical explanation of
findings
Provides some analysis of the data. Presents
some logical explanation of findings
but some times confusing.
Provides sufficient analysis of the data.
Presents a logical explanation of
findings.
Provides rich analysis of the data. Presents a logical and convincing address many of the
Draws valid conclusions based on
the data. Addresses some of the questions
raised in the
Draws insightful conclusions based on
the data. Addresses most of the questions
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Not properly cited or incomplete, some
All are properly cited, list of reference are in order, Sources are use of punctuation and
rich of vocabulary.
Coherence of discussion (W = 5)
Writing information in a terrible manner
and contain disjointed sentences.
Writing information in a simple way with less
continuity.
Final score percentage (%) = (Total Mark/W)*100
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