[BIOL 1F90] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (45 pages long!)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1F90
• Professor: Amanda Lepp

Document Summary

Writing lab reports is an integral part of science courses. While lab reports share many common features across disciplines, expectation will likely differ depending on the course and the instructor. Before starting your lab report, make sure you: understand the expectations of your audience, ask your instructor about any specific expectations regarding organization and formatting. Lab reports are structured in a way that allows you to answer these four questions. For example, computer code that was written to run a specific program or raw data. People approach lab report writing differently but the suggested order is different from the order shown in a completed lab report: methods: This section is relatively straight-forward and requires less effort because you have already collected all the information you need to write it. Starting with this section can help you avoid writer"s block and provide momentum for writing the rest of your report.