Lab ReportTemplate & Rubric

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

Your name andInstructor’s name (1 pt.)

Department ofBiology, Harold Washington College (1 pt.)

Introduction

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

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

Purpose ofexperiment and hypothesis. (2 pts)

Materials &Methods (4 pts)

Use past tense tobriefly describe the media, cell lines, reagents, tools and experimental stepsyou did.

Do NOT listreagents or steps. Use aparagraph format instead (plain English).

Results (6 pts)

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

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

Do NOT discuss yourresults here. Just describe. For example, bacteria Gram stained pink (this isan 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 (8pts)

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 formulatingcategories

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 howto apply these skills in writing, please refer to Discussion in any scientificarticle!

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

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

State your majorfinding (this should be reflected in your title!)

References (2pts)

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

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

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

 _Summarize orparaphrase, do not copy, text from resources.

Notes

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

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

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

 _Use MicrosoftWord, Arial font, size 11, and 1.0 line spacing