If you are enrolled in Pre AP Biology, then you have come to the right spot! On this page, you will find the class syllabus, PowerPoints used in class, information about major assignments, and links to resources that might be helpful to you. Important
announcements or reminders will be posted here as well as on the Home page.
announcements or reminders will be posted here as well as on the Home page.
Reference Sheet for Writing Lab Reports
Reference Sheet – Writing a Lab Report
A lab report should contain all of the following sections:
1. Title
2. Purpose
3. Research
4. Hypothesis
5. Procedures
6. Data
7. Analysis
8. Conclusion
1. & 2. Title and Purpose (Abstract)
The abstract is a brief summary of your experiment and your research question should be state here. Explain why you are doing the experiment and what you are hoping to learn.
3. Research
Start this section by introducing your Research Question. Follow the question with a summary of relevant research you did on your topic. It should be brief and cover the basics of your topic(s). Your research sources could include (but is not limited to) your notes and textbook.
4. Hypothesis
This is an educated guess to your research question you make after doing your research. You must do the hypothesis before beginning the experiment. You simply state what you think will happen in the experiment. You must explain why you chose the answer you did and back it up with research.
5. Procedures (Experimental Design)
The procedure is very important because it must be clear and thorough enough that other people reading your lab report can repeat the experiment exactly the way you did. You must include a list of Materials used and the steps you followed. Write your steps out as a numbered list and be careful not to leave anything out. Also, if something goes wrong or you didn’t follow the procedure you had written down, then you must note the changes in this section.
This section must also explain all of your variables.
6. Data
Create a data table that is very neat and easy to understand. If you include a chart, it should be clearly labeled. If you have observations they should be descriptive and factual (be careful not to record inferences as data). If you have diagrams or sketches, make they as neat as possible, color them if necessary, and label them.
7. Analysis
After you have collected your data you are ready to analyze it and come to some conclusion about what you have learned. Most of the time you will be graphing your data. Graphs are part of the analysis but they need to be accompanied by a paragraph explaining what you found. Your graphs should be labeled correctly with a descriptive title and correct units used.
8. Conclusion
You must be able to look at your data and graph and tell your readers what is happening. What did you learn from your experiment based on your data? You must relate your conclusion back to your hypothesis. Was your hypothesis supported or was it refuted? New questions should arise which could lead you to new experiments. Mention these new questions in this section. Also, if you have discovered any errors in your experimental design or carrying out the procedures you must mention them here. Explain how your errors could have been prevented and how they could have influenced the data you collected.
A lab report should contain all of the following sections:
1. Title
2. Purpose
3. Research
4. Hypothesis
5. Procedures
6. Data
7. Analysis
8. Conclusion
1. & 2. Title and Purpose (Abstract)
The abstract is a brief summary of your experiment and your research question should be state here. Explain why you are doing the experiment and what you are hoping to learn.
3. Research
Start this section by introducing your Research Question. Follow the question with a summary of relevant research you did on your topic. It should be brief and cover the basics of your topic(s). Your research sources could include (but is not limited to) your notes and textbook.
4. Hypothesis
This is an educated guess to your research question you make after doing your research. You must do the hypothesis before beginning the experiment. You simply state what you think will happen in the experiment. You must explain why you chose the answer you did and back it up with research.
5. Procedures (Experimental Design)
The procedure is very important because it must be clear and thorough enough that other people reading your lab report can repeat the experiment exactly the way you did. You must include a list of Materials used and the steps you followed. Write your steps out as a numbered list and be careful not to leave anything out. Also, if something goes wrong or you didn’t follow the procedure you had written down, then you must note the changes in this section.
This section must also explain all of your variables.
6. Data
Create a data table that is very neat and easy to understand. If you include a chart, it should be clearly labeled. If you have observations they should be descriptive and factual (be careful not to record inferences as data). If you have diagrams or sketches, make they as neat as possible, color them if necessary, and label them.
7. Analysis
After you have collected your data you are ready to analyze it and come to some conclusion about what you have learned. Most of the time you will be graphing your data. Graphs are part of the analysis but they need to be accompanied by a paragraph explaining what you found. Your graphs should be labeled correctly with a descriptive title and correct units used.
8. Conclusion
You must be able to look at your data and graph and tell your readers what is happening. What did you learn from your experiment based on your data? You must relate your conclusion back to your hypothesis. Was your hypothesis supported or was it refuted? New questions should arise which could lead you to new experiments. Mention these new questions in this section. Also, if you have discovered any errors in your experimental design or carrying out the procedures you must mention them here. Explain how your errors could have been prevented and how they could have influenced the data you collected.
2012-13 Pre AP Biology Syllabus
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Class Notes - Find PowerPoint notes from class on this page.
Major Assignments
Information about major assignments will be posted as they are assigned throughout the year.
Useful Resources
The following websites are great places to find articles about Biology topics
that you could use to help you complete the Science Literacy Assignment. Remember you must complete 2 summaries each quarter and turn them in before the last two weeks of the quarter.
Nature http://www.nature.com/
Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Khan Academy for Biology contains many tutorials. Some of them cover topics we will cover in class and others you may consider watching to expand your knowledge of Biology!
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/#science/biology?k
that you could use to help you complete the Science Literacy Assignment. Remember you must complete 2 summaries each quarter and turn them in before the last two weeks of the quarter.
Nature http://www.nature.com/
Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Khan Academy for Biology contains many tutorials. Some of them cover topics we will cover in class and others you may consider watching to expand your knowledge of Biology!
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/#science/biology?k