Writing a Lab Conclusion Honors Biology Conclusion Generally

Writing a Lab Conclusion Honors Biology

Conclusion Generally 13 -15 sentences Divided into 4 parts

Part I: Results Summarized & Compared to Hypothesis Opens by restating the hypothesis Uses specific but summarized data to indicate if hypothesis was summarized or refuted 2 -3 sentences

Sentence Prompts to help you The hypothesis for this lab was… The data that best supported/refuted the hypothesis was… (be specific! Don’t just skim on the data)

Part II: Errors & Their Impact on Results Identify at least 2 sources of error that occurred during the experiment Explain how those errors impacted results

Sentence Prompts to help you An/Some errors within the lab were… (list at least two) The errors affected the outcome by… (describe how your results may have been different due to the errors) 3 -4 sentences

Part III: suggestions for Improvement Discuss how procedure could be altered for improved results (should reference errors you named in part II) 2 -3 sentences

Sentence prompts to help you If this lab were to be repeated… (list a specific way the lab could be improved to avoid the errors you discussed)

Part IV: Interpretation of results MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE LAB! Discuss what your results mean… What was the purpose of the experiment? Did the data/results reflect the purpose? How? What did you learn as a result? 6 -8 sentences

Sentence Prompts to help you The purpose of this lab was… (restate the purpose) The answer is… (give the answer to the purpose) This is known because… (explain the reasoning/method/how the answer was obtained AND discuss the specific data that helped to determine the answer)