Lab Report Template
PLEASE NOTE: THE PRINTING IN ITALICS IS TO HELP YOU. IT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN
YOUR REPORT!
Name
Hour
Date
Title of Lab
Introductory Paragraph – give background information, the purpose of this lab (question and
why we picked that question) and always ended with the Hypothesis.
Question: THIS IS RIGHT FROM YOUR NOTES! WHAT IS THE QUESTION THAT
IS BEING ANSWERED IN THIS LAB?
Hypothesis: IS ALWAYS AN IF THEN STATEMENT.

If you … then …
WHAT DO YOU PREDICT WILL HAPPEN? IDENTIFY YOUR INDEPENDENT AND
DEPENDENT VARIABLES AND HOW WILL THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE AFFECT
THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE.
Materials:
LIST EVERYTHING YOU USED! Include quantities of each item.
- Bullet each piece of material you used
Procedure: Is a numbered list of steps.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE:
1.
Gather materials
2.
Rip leaves into little pieces and put the pieces into the plastic cup
3.
Cut the coffee filter in half and tape it to the center of the popsicle stick.
4.
Pour 1 ½” of the nail polish remover into the cup
5.
Place the popsicle stick over the top of the cup so the coffee filter is just touching the
nail polish remover.
6.
Label cup with group number and members’ names.
7.
Place the cup on a windowsill for 24 hours.
8. Clean up all materials.
Data: see attached.
YOU MAY ATTACH A BAR GRAPH, DATA TABLE, CHART ETC… YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REWRITE IT
AGAIN, UNLESS IT IS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR IT IS TOO SLOPPY TO BE CONSIDERED A FINAL
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DRAFT. REMEMBER THAT YOUR DATA WILL BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR GROUP. IT WILL NOT
CONTAIN THE SAME INFORMATION THAT OTHER GROUPS WILL HAVE. IF YOU ARE MISSING
DATA, GET IT FROM SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP!
Conclusion: YOU CAN USE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR YOUR CONCLUSION:
Conclusion
In class, we have been studying _______________________
The question we were trying to answer during our experiment was, ______
(THIS COMES RIGHT FROM YOUR NOTES) My hypothesis was if we
________________________________then__________________________
_____ will happen. I thought this because
________________________________________________________ . My
hypothesis was/was not supported by the data. (IT HAS TO BE ONE OR
THE OTHER – WHAT DOES YOUR DATA SHOW? WAS YOUR
HYPOTHESIS SUPPORTED BY THE DATA OR NOT?) IF YOU PRODUCED DATA THAT
WAS INCORRECT OR SURPRISING TO YOU, WHY MIGHT THAT HAVE HAPPENED?
WRITE A SENTENCE OR TWO ABOUT THAT HERE:
____________________________________________________________ .
The information I learned in this experiment can help me in the “real world”
because ___________________________________________________.
NOW FOR THE BIG FINISH… PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES TO COMPLETE YOUR CONCLUSION: I would like to
learn more about this subject because ___________________________ .
OR I still have a question about the topic we are studied. I am wondering
___________________________________.
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