The Osmosis Lab Report is due Monday, December 17. It is a 50 point project and may be word processed or had written. The Osmosis Lab Report template in the 7C Science folder on the Shared file has the section headings and table to use. The information you need to write the report is in the lab notes you recorded daily.
Here's what goes in the report:
Title (1 point)
- The title describes what the lab tested.
Introduction/Notes (3 points)
- Use complete sentences to define osmosis and diffusion. Explain how cells get the water they need to live.
Testable Question: (3points)
- One sentence that asks the question we will try to answer in the lab. (It should be part of your Day 2 lab notes)
Hypothesis (2 points)
- No personal pronouns
-Do not try to explain why
Independent Variable (2 points)
- This is what we did to the cell to see what happens
Dependent Variable (2 points)
-What happened to the cell because of the independent variable
Variables to Control (2 points)
- We noted 2 things that we needed to control because they might effect the dependent variable
Procedure (10 points)
- Include the materials list here
- Organize this section by Day. For example, list the materials used and what was done for Day 1 then Day 2 etc.
- Bullet points are OK
Data Table (5 points)
- Put a title on the table
- Label all numbers with the correct unit of measurement
Observations (5 points)
- Describe how the egg appeared
- Organize this section by the Day. (Day 1, Day 2, etc)
Conclusion (5 points)
- Use what you know about osmosis and diffusion to explain why the egg shrunk on Day 3 and grew on Day 4.
- State if your hypothesis was right or wrong
Effort (10 points)
- Is it neat and easy to read?
- Did you explain what happened and why we did the lab?
- Are the sections organized in a way that is easy to understand? For example, the results and observations sections go between the procedure and conclusion; not at the very beginning or end.
- Could someone read the report and do the same thing you did?
- Spelling, grammar, and punctuation count!
Daily Notes (3 points)
- Attach the daily lab notes to the back of the report
