Lab Report

Midterm Lab Report Instructions
Conduct the experiment in Midterm Lab Manual. Fill out questions in the lab manual to guide your experiment
and organize your results and conclusions. Take pictures of your experiment prior to beginning once you have
all of your equipment set up, in the middle of the experiment and at the end of the experiment.
For each lab , Create a “Student Information Card” to be pictured in each photo with:
the name of the lab
the date you are performing the lab
your full name and signature. MY NAME IS LUCIA Y. Cabral
This card should be the approximate size of half of an 8x10 piece of paper, so that all information is clearly
visible in your photo. This card should be displayed in each of the lab specific photos. If you do not include this
card, you will receive 0 points on the lab report.
Record your detailed observations and results throughout the experiment. Once you have conducted the
experiment and completed the Lab Report, write a 3 page lab report in essay format (MLA) summarizing the
experiment, results and conclusions. See below for the grading rubric.
Minimum length of 3 pages of text, double-spaced, not including pictures and figures. 20 points.
Lab Report must include the following sections (separated by bold headers corresponding to those below). 5
points.
Introduction: 2-3 paragraphs introducing the biological concepts covered in the lab, including references to
sources. Last paragraph of introduction should contain 2-3 sentences introducing the lab design. 50 points.
Methods: 2-3 paragraphs detailing the methods that you used to perform the lab. Do not cut and copy these
from the lab manual. Write these in sentence form and do not use numbers or bullet pointed lists. Include every
detail you performed so that the reader would be able to perform the lab exactly as you did if they were trying
to repeat it. Include pictures/diagrams where necessary. 50 points.
Results: 2-3 paragraphs summarizing the results of the experiment. Use the Lab manual as a guide for the
type of information to include here. Create figures (bar plots, scatterplots, etc) in Microsoft Excel from the
completed tables from the Lab manual. Do not insert the tables from the Lab manual into the document, as I
expect further synthesis of these results. Insert pictures of the completed experiment. 50 points.
Discussion & Conclusion: 2-3 paragraphs discussing the results of the experiment, what the results mean, and
how they relate to the biological concept under study. Reference outside sources where appropriate. Discuss
2-3 errors while avoiding the term human error. (Random Error and Systematic Error) Include a paragraph on
your experience and impressions of the lab and what you learned. 50 points.
References: Include MLA properly formatted references and in-text citations. A minimum of three sources are
required. (See Purdue OWL). 25 points.
Click on the "Week Two Midterm Lab Report" link in Blackboard to submit your assignment, as well as to get
more information regarding the due date and grading rubric.