The Student Lab Report Handbook

by John D. Mays

The Student Lab Report Handbook is a concise guide for high school and college students to prepare top quality lab reports. This book is recommended by the National Science Teacher's Association (NSTA) for high school and undergraduate use. Included are 1) A complete annotated lab report outline including standard section headings, essential content, style and formatting common to scientific literature, 2) Grammatical advice on matters such as verb tense, voice, mood, vocabulary, 3) Instructions for using lab journals effectively 4) Descriptions of academic standards for naming, titling, formatting and referring to tables, graphs, and figures 5) Step-by-step instructions for preparing graphs using Microsoft Excel on PC and Mac including color screen shots 6) Instructions on calculating and presenting experimental error and uncertainty and how to account for the difference between experimental and predicted values 8) Descriptions of common lab report deficiencies and how to correct them, 9) Four complete sample lab reports representing different levels of sophistication and different scientific disciplines.

Genres: Science

90 pages, Spiral-bound

Published June 1, 2014