Teachin'Mine Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Can anyone recommend a book, or website, which explains how to do lab reports. It's been a few years since I've done them myself, and we haven't done formal write ups for labs yet. We do discuss what the lab is trying to prove or disprove, what the expected outcome is - hypothesis and all of that, but I'd like more formal reports next year. We'll be doing Apologia physics but I don't have the book yet. The physical science one didn't address how to write up the labs, but I don't know if the others do. I'm thinking of maybe making a form which she can fill out with each experiment. From what I remember years ago, it involves listing materials needed, what is being tested, hypothesis, procedure, results and conclusion. Does anyone know of a form already available online? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but it could be a start. It tells what should be in the lab report: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/labreport.html Lab report template: http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistrylabexperiments/a/labreports.htm (Click on pdf format) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Brindee thank you! It's amazing how much the first link is exactly what I remember from 30+ years ago. :tongue_smilie: The second one adds in a few good ideas - like graphing the data or whatnot. Thank you! It sounds like it's easier than I thought it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Donna Young's site has some explanations/suggestions and printable lab sheets if you want to print out pages and put them in a binder. Go to this link: http://donnayoung.org/index.htm then click on the science tap. There will be additional tabs at the top that will take you to sample pages and to free downloadable lab sheets. Adrianne in IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Adrianne thank you for that awesome site!!! I'm still working on getting to the lab reports, but I think I'm in the right area. I noticed she mentions having Apologia lesson plans too. Awesome! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Donna Young's site has some explanations/suggestions and printable lab sheets if you want to print out pages and put them in a binder. Go to this link: http://donnayoung.org/index.htm then click on the science tap. There will be additional tabs at the top that will take you to sample pages and to free downloadable lab sheets. Adrianne in IL I thought I remembered getting lab sheets from Donna Young also, but I couldn't find them so couldn't link them. If someone else finds them, could you put up the link here? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Here's the direct link Brindee: http://donnayoung.org/science/labsheets.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Here's the direct link Brindee: http://donnayoung.org/science/labsheets.htm Thanks! Here's a neat site too! http://misterguch.brinkster.net/labs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Teachin'Mine Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 I had forgotten that! Now that you mention it, I can remember drawing a bell glass jar and trying to get it to look symmetrical. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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