SECTION SIX : Abstract
Summarizing the lab report
Summarize each major section of the lab report--Introduction,
Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion--in 1 sentence each (two
if a section is complex). Then string the summaries together in a block
paragraph in the order the sections come in the final report.
More Help:
You can think of the Abstract as a miniature
version of the whole lab report. Read each section of the report and
boil it down to a sentence. This means that you need to determine the
most important information in each section.
- Here are some suggestions for what to include in each sentence of
the Abstract:
- Introduction: main objective(s) of the lab; hypothesis
- Methods: a quick description of the procedure
- Results: statement of the overall findings
- Discussion: judgment about hypothesis; explanation for judgment
- Conclusion: what you learned about the scientific concept
- Put all these sentences together into one paragraph with the heading
"Abstract."
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