WRITING WRITING A SCIENCE LAB REPORT 3 A crucial part of lab work is the proper writing of a lab report, which must be clear and concise. The lab report must outline how the experiment worked and what the results were. It must include all of the following headings. Follow these steps and try to write the lab report of an experiment you have carried out. Title: (List the title of the experiment for your research report) .......................................................................................................................................................................... Date: ( Write the date on which the experiment was performed or the date the lab report was written) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Lab Partners: (List your name and the names of any lab partners) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Purpose: (Write down the purpose of the lab; what you were trying to determine) ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Introduction: ( Write an overview of what the experiment was about including general background material) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Materials: (List all the materials that were used in the experiment) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Procedure: (Write down step by step the description of what was done) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Data: (Record data and/or information gathered while doing the experiment) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Results: (Write what happened, your important observations and interpret the results) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Conclusion: (Summarise what happened in the experiment, state whether your hypothesis was accepted or rejected, and what that means) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... References: (Mention the sources you referred to: lab manual, textbook, scientific articles, etc.) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Module 1 MOLECULES