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<li>Specifications for Writing your Lab Reports</li>
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Latest revision as of 03:31, 18 August 2022

Quick Comparison of Lab Presentation and Report Specifications

This table is meant only to be a summary showing the differences between the two types of way that you discuss your lab. For details on each of the sections and their contents, see the proper Web pages:

  • EG1004 Recitation Presentations
  • Specifications for Writing your Lab Reports
 

Presentation

Report

Description

Section

Format

Section

Format

Identifying Information Title Slide Centered lines Title Page Centered lines
Brief description of your work   Abstract Paragraph of several sentences
The goal of the lab Objective 1-2 short bullets  
Why this topic is important Introduction 1 slide  
Foundation of your work: formulas, background technology Background Information Between one and several slides, bullets Introduction Several paragraphs
Materials and equipment you used Materials 1 slide, list of bullets Procedure First part of procedure section. Sentences, with items separated by commas
What you did Procedure 1-2 slides (preferably 1), list of bullets Procedure The remainder of the procedure section, in narrative form: sentences
What you saw Data/Observations What happened: Slides containing bullet descriptions of observations, plus tabular data, pictures of work Data/Observations What happened: Paragraphs of sentences, plus tabular data, pictures of work
Why it happened Results Equations presented in background information applied to data, interpretation of what happened. For competition, where you placed Discussion/Conclusions First part of section. Equations presented in background information applied to data, interpretation of what happened. For competition, where you placed
How did you do? Conclusion What you succeeded in doing. How you could improve the results. Usually list of bullets Discussion/Conclusions Second part of section. Sentences describing what you succeeded in doing, and how to improve things

 

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