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Lab Report
Template & Rubric

(Title is a
sentence that states the major finding of your experiment) (2 pts)

Your name and
Instructor’s name (1 pt.)

Department of
Biology, Harold Washington College (1 pt.)

Introduction

Use textbook and
reliable academic and scientific sources (see below in References) to write:

Background on cells,
organisms and essays used. (4 pts)

Purpose of
experiment and hypothesis. (2 pts)

Materials &
Methods (4 pts)

Use past tense to
briefly describe the media, cell lines, reagents, tools and experimental steps
you did.

Do NOT list
reagents or steps. Use a
paragraph format instead (plain English).

Results (6 pts)

Describe your
results including figures, images and/or tables if any.

Use a legend (short
description) below every figure/table and number them.

Do NOT discuss your
results here. Just describe. For example, bacteria Gram stained pink (this is
an observation that should be in this section), thus they are Gram negative
(this is an inference that should NOT be here in Results, but in Discussion)

Discussion (8
pts)

As you discuss,
please display the four potential analytical skills below.

1. Analysis: analyzing data; using statistics to support an argument

2. Interpretation: making comparisons; classifying data and formulating
categories

3. Evaluation: evaluating the credibility of references, bias,
contradictions and errors; suggesting alternatives

4. Inference:
questioning evidence, developing alternative hypothesis and drawing conclusions

To get a sample how
to apply these skills in writing, please refer to Discussion in any scientific
article!

Do results agree
with literature? If not, why? Does your technique need modification? How?

Do not reiterate
your results but for what is necessary for the sake of discussion.

State your major
finding (this should be reflected in your title!)

References (2
pts)

Use APA style in
citations https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/201109281…

Use textbook and
outside sources such as PubMed, CDC, NIH, FDA, WHO or scientific journals such
as Science, Nature, Cell, Immunity, Annual Reviews, New England Journal of
Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of
immunology, Infection and Immunity, etc.

 _Cite references whenever using someone else’s
ideas, thoughts, or words, including those made in discussion forums.
Use double quotation marks for verbatim short quotes.

 _Summarize or
paraphrase, do not copy, text from resources.

Notes

 _Abbreviation: Bacterial names should be full in title and first
mention in article: Staphylococcus aureus. Abbreviate afterwards: S.
aureus

 _Nomenclature: Genus name is capitalized, species name is lower case
and both are italicized or underscored: Staphylococcus aureus or
Staphylococcus aureus.

 _Grammar/typos/punctuation: Please refer to the Elements of Style by
William Strunk Jr., http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf.
Proofread before submission.

 _Use Microsoft
Word, Arial font, size 11, and 1.0 line spacing