Physics Lab Report Outline

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Physics Lab Report Outline

Students are strongly encouraged to utilize the NC State University LabWrite

Program to develop and write their lab reports. The ollowing short report ormatsummary is based on this program. Labs will be graded utiling the attached rubric.

!. Title

Name o lab" name o student" period" date" instructor.

!!. #bstract

Summarize each section o the lab report in one sentence per section. Put these

sentences together into a paragraph to orm your abstract.

!!!. !ntroduction

$escribe what concept the lab e%plores" the main ob&ective o the lab" what actions

you perormed" and how those actions helped you achieve the lab ob&ective. #lso"

describe your hypothesis and how you arrived at it using the scientiic concepts

described.

!'. (ethods ) Procedure

$ocument your e%perimental procedure in enough detail that someone else could

repeat your wor*. This should include a list o all materials used" a diagram o the lab

setup i appropriate" and the steps ta*en to accomplish the lab +paragraphs preerred"

but organized" ordered lists o instructions are acceptable with list items in complete

sentences.,

#. (aterials

List all materials used.

-. $iagram o Lab Setup

Show schematic o e%perimental setup where necessary.

C. Steps Ta*en

Provide enough inormation that another student could easily replicate your wor*.

'. esults ) $ata

Put your data into tables and graphs. eview your tables and graphs to determine the*ey indings rom the lab e%ercise. Write a paragraph e%plaining each table and graph

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including its *ey result and other salient details. #rrange the results section in an

organized ashion.

#. $ata Tables

/rganized and labeled with units.

-. 0raphs

Properly label all a%es" provide appropriate title.

C. 1%planations

The *ey relationship rom each table or graph is described in a separate paragraph

with appropriate supporting details.

'!. $iscussion ) #nalysis

1%plain whether results support the hypothesis" with supporting details reerenced

rom the results section. 1%plain why results support or do not support the hypothesis.

$iscuss any problems encountered" uncertainty in measurements" comparison to

others perorming the lab" and possible improvement opportunities.

'!!. Conclusions

What did you learn rom this lab about the concept under study2 !nclude appropriate

supporting details. $id you learn anything else rom the lab" such as use o labe3uipment" procedures" analysis methods" etc.2

!mportant Notes4

• eports (UST be type5written.

• Write the lab sections in this order" then rearrange and print beore turning in

to your instructor4 (ethods" esults" !ntroduction" $iscussion" Conclusion"

#bstract" and Title.

• Write in the 6rd person4

o #void 7st and 8nd person reerences such as !" we" you" and

you+understood,.

• Use a clear ont with a ma%imum point size o 78.

• $iagrams and graphs (#9 be neatly hand5written and glued in place +leave

blan* space in report,.


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