Lab Report Form

Name______________________________ Date __________________

Title:
Purpose:
Hypothesis:
Materials:
Procedure:
Data:
Conclusion:
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,ritin- the !cience Lab Report
.% Title / Give a brief statement of the problem or task and underline it.
0"ample: Heat and Reaction Rates
)% Purpose / A statement of why you are doing the lab that can be written in a
question format.
0"ample: How does heat affect the rate of a reaction?
1% Hypothesis / An educated guess based on facts that you know. What are
your predictions about what will happen during the eperiment? !his is usually
written in an "#f$% "then$ format. "#f$ comes before the independent variable that
the scientist can change and "then$ precedes the dependent variable which will
change as a result. Remember to change only one variable at a time for each
eperiment. &our eperiment will test the hypothesis.
0"ample: 2' there is an increase in the heat 'independent variable( of a reaction
then the speed 'dependent variable( of the reaction increases. )ote that your
hypothesis does not have to be correct based on the results or data. We would
call that a Null Hypothesis.
0"ample: #f the world is round then it should look like a pancake. ')ull
Hypothesis(
3% Materials / *ist the equipment% materials and quantities used in your
eperiment.
0"ample: + grams of instant coffee% , liters of water% a free-er and hot water
baths
4% Procedure or Methods / Give an accurate detailed paragraph description of
what was done in the eperiment in the past tense. #t should be clear enough to
be replicated by another person. .o not include observations or results in the
narrative. #nclude flow charts or diagrams if necessary.
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0"ample: # made three cups of instant coffee and placed them into the free-er
overnight. !he net morning% # placed each cup in a different hot water bath.
!he baths were /+% 01 and ,21 degrees 3elsius. # measured the time 'speed( at
which each fro-en cup melted entirely and recorded my data. # compared my
results with other students.
5% Data / Record all data collected in a chart or graph form. #nclude any
calculations as well.
0"ample:
Temperature
*
F Rate o' Meltin- in Minutes 6bserations
/+ 4,1 5ery slow melting
01 ,6
,21 , #mmediate melting
Calculations: 37 '89/,(:1.++++

8701
'019/,(:1.++++
37 '20(:1.++++
37,;.;;2
7% Conclusions / Restate in paragraph form the reason for doing the lab
'purpose( and how your observations relate to the original problem. #nclude what
you discovered and whether your data confirms or re<ects your original
hypothesis. .iscuss any errors and how to fi them and whether a new
hypothesis should be developed. #ncorporate any future applications of what you
learned to other situations.
0"ample: # investigated the effect of different temperatures on the rates of
reactions. !o study the problem% # tested the melting rates of a fro-en coffee at /
different temperatures. =y data supports the hypothesis but we seem to have a
few errors in data collection that could be corrected by obtaining a more accurate
thermometer. # feel that further research in testing different compounds could aid
in improving antifree-e for cars.
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The lab report should be completed in Uniersal !cience8s Lab Report
Form% Here is a sample o' the preious lab:
Lab Report Form

Name_____________________________ Date __________________
Title: Heat and Reaction Rates
Purpose: How does heat affect the rate of a reaction?
Hypothesis: #f there is an increase in the heat 'independent variable( of a
reaction then the speed 'dependent variable( of the reaction increases.

Materials: + grams of instant coffee% , liters of water% a free-er% and hot water
baths
Procedure: # made three cups of instant coffee and placed them into the
free-er overnight. !he net morning% # placed each cup in a different hot water
bath. !he baths were /+% 01 and ,21 degrees 3elsius. # measured the time
'speed( at which each fro-en cup melted entirely and recorded my data. #
compared my results with other students.
Data:
Temperature
*
F Rate o' Meltin- in Minutes 6bserations
/+ 4,1 5ery slow melting
01 ,6
,21 , #mmediate melting
Calculations: 37 '89/,(:1.++++
8701 '019/,(:1.++++ 37 '20(:1.++++ 37,;.;;2
Conclusion: # investigated the effect of different temperatures on the rates of
reactions. !o study the problem% # tested the melting rates of a fro-en coffee at /
different temperatures. =y data supports the hypothesis but we seem to have a
few errors in data collection that could corrected by obtaining a more accurate
thermometer. # feel that further research in testing different compounds could aid
in improving antifree-e for cars.
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