Science Department
Physics
Formal Laboratory Report
Every science student will be required to submit a
formal laboratory report for particular experiments.
The report will have the following format:
I. Title
V. Procedure
II. Introduction
VI. Data and Results
III. Purpose
VII. Analysis
IV. Hypothesis
VIII. Conclusion
I. Title
What is the name of your experiment?
Example: Baking a Cake Without Flour
II. Introduction
What do we know already?
This section should include a discussion of related
information that you know from class. It should
engage the reader’s interest in your topic.
Example: Most people enjoy a good cake for dessert now and then. Anyone who’s baked a cake
knows that flour is one of its main ingredients. We’ve heard that cakes can be made without
flour and are quite tasty. However, we don’t have a recipe for such a cake, so we are going to
attempt to make our own recipe.
III. Purpose
What is the problem we are trying to solve?