The Osmosis Lab Report is due Thursday, December 18. It is a 50 point project and may be word processed or hand written. The Osmosis Lab Report template in the 7C Science folder on the Shared file has the section headings and table to use.
You may also find the outline for the lab Report in Google Drive. If you do the report as a Google Doc be sure to share it with Mr. Saeger
The information you need to write the report is in the lab notes you recorded daily. Use complete sentences unless the instructions say to make a list or that bullet points are OK.
Remember! You are writing this report for someone who doesn't know anything about the lab.
Here's what goes in the report:
Title (1 point)
- The title describes what the lab tested.
Introduction/Notes (3 points)
- Explain how cells get the water they need to live (osmosis).
- This is where you report why we did this lab. It's in your notes!
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 you think the hypothesis answers the testable question.
Independent Variable (2 points)
- This is what we did to the cell to see what happens. Did you put the egg in water or syrup?
- Bullet point OK
Dependent Variable (2 points)
-What happened to the cell because of the independent variable? Did it get bigger or smaller?
- Bullet point OK
Variables to Control (2 points)
- This is where you list the things we needed to control because they might effect the dependent variable
- Bullet points OK
Procedure (10 points)
- List all materials needed to do the lab materials 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 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 the results to report how much the egg grew or shrank.
- Restate the hypothesis.
- 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
