Writing Lab Reports in Mr.

Hendersons Physics Class

Title of Lab
I.

Purpose (Objective): What are we trying to study, measure, or

determine?

II.

Apparatus Sketch: Sketch and label the materials you used in the lab.

III.

Procedure: What steps did you follow to collect your data?

IV.

Data Table(s): List the quantities and units, use a straight edge.

V.

Data Analysis: Plot graphs and show your calculations.

VI.

Conclusion (Summary paragraph):

1. Begin by writing a topic sentence that summarizes the purpose (in
past tense).
2. Briefly describe the procedure (We measured the mass and area of
each block and )
3. Discuss the trend of your graph.
4. State your result (Using our graph, the mass of the board was)
5. State at least two reasonable sources of error.