General Outline of A Laboratory Report (BNA30803)

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General Outline of a Laboratory Report

I. Formatting Details:
 The report must be 1.5-spaced text
 The font must be Times New Roman
 The font size must be 12 point
 Page number must be in the below right hand corner of the page
 Section headings must be in bold
 Use “tape” binding with plastic cover at the front page

Lab report must be submitted prior to the lab session one week after completing the lab. Marks
will be deducted (-1 mark) for the delay submission of each calendar day.

Submit via:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12jJkNpyLW9cyd4s1DBBm6xLQ4F0LApN_?usp=sharing

II. Sections of a laboratory report:


A laboratory report should have several sections identified by titles. A typical report must include
such sections as TITLE, INTRODUCTION, PROCEDURE, RESULTS, and DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION and
section headings should be in boldface. All should be typed except your signature in declare form.

1. Front page
All lab reports should have:
 The title of the experiment
 Your lecturer’s name
 Your name and the names of lab partners
 The date the lab was performed
 The date the report was submitted
2. Objectives
3. Learning outcomes
4. Introduction
 The introduction is one paragraph that briefly explain purpose of the lab and
background of the experiment conducted
 Do NOT copy the introduction from the lab manual
5. Materials/instrument
 List everything needed to complete your experiment
6. Procedures
 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.
 MUST provide a Figure regarding your experimental setup.
7. Results
 Graphics/Table need to be clear, easily read, and well labelled
 Provide sample calculation
 Use a sentence or two to draw attention to key points in tables or graphs
8. Discussion
 This is where you interpret the data and determine whether or not a hypothesis was
accepted.
 This is also where you would discuss any mistakes you might have made while
conducting the investigation. You may wish to describe ways the study might have
been improved.
9. Advanced questions
 Please answers all question in the lab manual
10. Conclusion
 Discusses the results in the context of the entire experiment.
 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

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