Physics

Practical Report Writing Guidelines

Structure

The structure of the report must(prenominal) constitute an aim/objective, apparatus and diagram of experimental readiness up, procedure (in passive voice), results/ give awaycome, raillery and finally a decision (with respect to the aim/objective).

1. Aim/Objective

The aim/objective gives the target of the practical. In other words, it states what the student wants to achieve by doing this practical. ordinarily an aim is provided in the lab sheet.

2. Apparatus and Diagram

Here, the student should be given out what items were used in carrying out the practical. A tagged diagram should also be included, if assertable.

3. Procedure

The student must draft all the steps taken in conducting the experiment. All relations must be in passive voice. Modifications of the procedure set out in the lab sheet may also be done, in case where this leads to simplification of the experiment.

4. Results

The results should be provided here. Numerical results should be in tabular form. Experiments were numerical results are not possible should include diagrams of observations. Photo graphs can be included. Calculations, must be make here. However, if a same calculation is to be redone multiple times, recreate give one or two sample calculations.

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Discussion

A good discussion should include an analysis of the results. If possible, a semblance with theoretical results should also be done. A good discussion must also include methods of error reduction, or either errors that has caused to results to be different from expected results. Please refrain from errors that could harbor been avoided, for example parallax error.

6. Conclusion

A conclusion is just a statement of the outcome of the experiment.
Choice of media

Reports can either be typed or hand written.

Graphs

Graphs, if necessary, must have labels for both axes. The title of the graph must be at the top of the page. A graph should fill up about...If you want to get a wide-cut essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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