{"id":22834,"date":"2023-07-03T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-effect-of-light-intensity-on-the-transpiration-rate-of-tomato-plants-experiment-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:33:51","slug":"the-effect-of-light-intensity-on-the-transpiration-rate-of-tomato-plants-experiment-report","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-effect-of-light-intensity-on-the-transpiration-rate-of-tomato-plants-experiment-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Effect of Light Intensity on the Transpiration Rate of Tomato Plants- Experiment Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the course project you must perform, analyze and share and the results of an experiment of your own design. You have already turned in and received feedback on your experiment design. You need to carry out your experiment as designed incorporating feedback. With the data collected you will analyze your results and draw conclusions. Your information must then be submitted as a lab report. Directions on how to write a lab report are found below and in the attached Guidelines for Scientific Papers. Please review the rubric to ensure you are addressing all expectations. Make sure you read through the grading rubric so that you understand all the information that is required. Your assignment will be automatically submitted to TurnItIn with your submission. Make sure you follow APA reference and citation technique.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Write An Experiment Report<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Experiment or lab reports are an excellent way to practice scientific writing. Scientific writing is a style of writing that places a premium on clear, concise language. You should write efficiently and without excess verbiage. This means you want to avoid using more words when fewer will do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Researchers must pay by the page to have their work published. They want to spend as little as possible on publication, saving more money to fund the actual research. By writing as efficiently as possible they can eliminate excess verbiage and decrease the cost of publication. You will practice this style of writing in your lab reports for the course project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lab reports for this course project will have the following style.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Use 12 point font<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The report should be written in the 3rd<\/sup> <\/span>person. Do not use personal pronouns (I, us, we).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Make sure to use the correct tense. If you are talking about something that has happened in the past, use past tense. Present tense can be used when referring to scientific principle such as “Meiosis involves two divisions.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Use APA formatted references and in text citations. Direct quotations should not be used in lab reports. Any information that is not common knowledge needs to be cited. When in doubt, cite it. Failure to cite information can be plagiarism. For more information on what constitutes plagiarism go<\/span> <\/span>here<\/a>. If you need to review APA formatting for references and citations go<\/span> <\/span>here<\/a> <\/span>and scroll down to the bottom of the page (citation examples section).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The experiment\/lab report should be organized into the following sections: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Literature Cited. Details about each section are found below and in the attached Guidelines to Scientific Papers resource.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    • The<\/span> <\/span>title<\/strong> <\/span>of the experiment\/lab report should be descriptive. It should state what you are studying and what variable was manipulated. It should be on a separate title page that includes the students name, course section and date.<\/span><\/li>\n
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      The <\/span>abstract <\/span><\/strong>is a one paragraph summary of the entire lab report. It should state the purpose of the study, what was done, what was found and what was concluded. Even though it goes at the beginning of the report, you should write this after you have completed the entire lab report.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • The <\/span>methods<\/strong> <\/span>section should explain how the experiment was conducted. It should not be a list or bullets but should be written in a narrative format. Include only the details that are necessary to replicate the experiment and should explain why the procedure was done. This section should be written in the past tense and should not discuss any results . You need to include a picture that includes your name, the date and your experiment set up in action in the methods section.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • The <\/span>results <\/span><\/strong>section should explain the results of the experiment without interpretation or comment. It should be used to summarize general trends. If multiple experiments were conducted each should have a separate paragraph explaining the results. Graphs and tables should be used if appropriate but not as a substitute for a written explanation. Make sure that graphs and tables have a description that would allow the reader to understand the graphic even if they could not see the graphic<\/span><\/li>\n
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      The<\/span> <\/span>introduction<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span>section of the report should define the topic and explain its importance. It should share some background information related to the research that you used to help you design your experiment as well as state the research question and your hypothesis. It should be no longer than 1 page in length. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IN TEXT CITATIONS HERE!(See Guidelines to Scientific Papers resource below for more details)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The <\/span><\/span>discussion <\/span><\/strong>section is where you interpret the results. You should also discuss the results in context of the overall experiment as identified in the introduction of the report. You should tell the reader why the data looks like it does and why it is important to know. Lastly you should discuss potential modifications for the experiment. What kind of changes would you make to this experiment to further knowledge of transpiration? This is not to correct mistakes but usually every experiment ends with more questions than you start with. How would you address those questions in future research?<\/span>
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      Please base it off the experiment design plan I have attached below. <\/div>\n

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