“I was also asked a question about the first lab report. We didn’t do the experiment, but we’re going to pretend we did. I want you to write the paper using the format that I have shown you. First, a short title that tells us what you did. (The Effect of Washing Hands with Antibacterial Soap) Next the Abstract.
What did you find? Next the Introduction. A description of the problem and why it is interesting. Next the Materials and Methods. What did you do?. Next, the Results. Everyone is going to use the picture of the plate that I posted. In case it wasn’t obvious there were more bacteria on the side after you washed your hands, AND there were several colony types present. Next Discussion.
What do the results you obtained mean? How do they fit into what other people have done? Do you have a hypothesis to explain them? Anything else you think is relevant. Finally the Reference Section. You can use the lab manual for any information that we gave you, EXCEPT, we are going to pretend that the “Results” slide I showed you is your actual result. The lab reference is on the Lab Report Assignment sheet I gave you. You may simply cut and paste it into your report.”
