write a lab report

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Do you do experiments with your kids? If so, if you're not teaching the scientific method or how to write up reports, you're missing valuable teaching opportunities. The ability to write up what you've done in the proper way is something most college students do not know when they arrive and consequently get their reports back with failing grades.
Begin simple by creating a form for them to fill in for now. As they get older you can leave out the hints and helps and encourage them to write their own reports. You can print out my sample lab here and alter it to your needs by making or leaving out blanks or leading information but the components of the report must stay.
Design your report as follows:
Title
Purpose
Hypothesis about what will happen
Procedure for the experiment
Data or results (unbiased)-use tables, pictures and/or drawings. Always graph your results!!
Conclusion (opinion)