<p>IF you dont mind, is there any way someone would show me a lab report they did in bio or chemistry?</p>
<p>I'm majoring in biology, but have no clue as to what they expect from a lab report...though i know its to each their own... but if i could have an idea of what all is talked about, graphed, etc. from seeing one that youve done before...</p>
<p>that would be great.</p>
<p>Lab reports are no biggie, don't sweat it.. they explain everything that they want from you beforehand. It is basically just restating what you did .. you'll be fine don't worry.</p>
<p>Exact form varies from prof to prof, and your intro bio classes (especially if you're going to a big school) are likely to be VERY standardized in format. Anything we showed you now could be way off from what your prof or TA desires.</p>
<p>Different teachers require different formats. I imagine most will show you an example of how they want it or at least tell you. Mine for Chem I was actually much easier than my high school chemistry one, but I imagine they will soon be more complex (I hope!). </p>
<p>For my chem lab final, we had to do a formal lab report. The instructor gave each student a sheet with results from one of the labs we did (everyone had different results so they can't copy) and we had to identify the unknown substance and explain why we thought it was that. It was extremely simple, but that doesn't mean that yours will be. It's nothing to stress about, just don't start trying to do it right before it's due.</p>
<p>Generic Outline:
Background/Introduction
Experimental Setup
Results
Discussion
Conclusion</p>
<p>That's the format I was told to use & so I just kept with it for all of my chemistry lab reports.</p>
<p>We usually had to do an abstract, but other than that, the format was the same as Pearlinthemist's. Professors or TAs will give you detailed instructions to follow. Follow them to the letter, and you'll probably get a good grade. Scientific writing, especially at the intro levels, is fairly formulaic.</p>