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a step-by-step guide to preparing
a lab experiment or science
report 
Define your task
What is the goal of your experiment?
What should your experiment
demonstrate? What does your
teacher expect to see when you
are done? What will show that
your report is a success? Be
clear about the structure of
your lab or science report.
Resources:
Subject
Browse
Study
Guides in science
30-day
news archive
Encyclopædia
Britannica
Internet
Guide
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to:
Seek Sources of Information
Identify what information you
will need to complete your lab/science
report. Where will you get the
information you will use? Consider
your class notes, your school’s
lab and materials, your textbook,
BritannicaSchool.com, and the
school library.
Resources:
30-day
news archive
Journal
and magazine articles
Internet
Guide
Study
Guides in science
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus
Encyclopædia
Britannica
Go
to:
Locate & Access the Relevant
Information
Go to the sources you identified
in Step Two and carefully read
them. Enter useful information
into your Workspace. Keep organized
notes about what information
you find and how it relates
to your Lab/Science Report and
save your notes to Workspace.
Resources:
Advanced
Search. You will type in
key words related to your topic.
For example, if you are looking
for information on DNA, you
would look up "DNA,"
"deoxyribonucleic acid,"
"genetics," "science,"
or "biology." If you’re
having trouble finding material
related to your topic go to
search
help.
BritannicaSchool
site map will help you see
where each source is located
and get to it quickly.
Study Guides include topic
lists to help you locate a specific
study guide related to your
topic. Using the DNA example,
you would look in the science
study guides under "Molecular
Genetics."
Internet
Guide provides a searchable
database in all subject areas.
Use the same key words you used
in your advanced search to search
the Internet Guide.
Encyclopædia
Britannica. Don’t forget
the encyclopedia! Each entry
provides an index to help you
locate related topics or narrow
down your search.
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus.
In case you need to look up
an unfamiliar or confusing term
while conducting your research.
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to:
Identify Most Useful Information
Put your information and materials
to use. Conduct your experiment
and study the results. Note
significant data while underway.
In what ways does the information
you gathered help you understand
the results of your experiment?
Resources:
Study
Guides in science
Internet
Guide
Encyclopædia
Britannica
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus
30-day
news and archive
Workspace
Note-taking
tool
Go
to:
Synthesize
Pull together the results of
your experiment and the related
information you found in other
places. Use this data to write
your lab/science report according
to your teacher’s requirements.
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to:
Evaluate! Were You Successful
in Completing Your Task?
Was your experiment successful?
In what ways could your lab/science
report be better? What will
you do differently next time?
What have you learned from this
experience?
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