小学二年级学生《开学第一课——安全教育》主题班会PPT培训课件.ppt

CONCLUSION
WRITING A LAB REPORT
Lecture 14
What is the Conclusion?
Purpose of the Conclusion
Main Elements of the Conclusion
Examples of Poor Conclusion
Examples of Good Conclusion
Language Focus
Review
LECTURE OUTLINE
Summary of the important results and findings of the experiment and their implications/significance
Purpose:
Shows your thorough understanding of the experiment and the law/theory concept behind it
Provides a closure or finality to the report
WHAT IS THE CONCLUSION?
Examine whether objectives of experiment are essfully achieved
Summarize important results & findings of the lab
State what you have learnt about the scientific law/theory/concept
ELEMENTS OF THE CONCLUSION
Whether the results confirm or validate the law/theory/concept
Whether the experimental results agree/are consistent with the theoretical results
If the results did not agree, explain the main reasons or what went wrong during the experiment.
ELEMENTS OF THE CONCLUSION
Make mendations for future experiments or research (optional)
– If there are limitations in the experiment and you feel the experiment could be improved
. Methods & Procedures
ELEMENTS OF THE CONCLUSION
The Conclusion should:
be written in one paragraph or two paragraphs if it is a plex experiment
be a concise summary of results, not include details of what happened in lab
not contain any new information
use the Present Tense & Past Tense
TIPS ON THE CONCLUSION
Quantitative rather than qualitative results should be reported in Physics lab
:
From the experiment, we found that the time taken for the bead to travel a distance of 10 cm was seconds. (Quantitative) √
….the time taken for the bead to travel a distance of 10 cm was quite long/considerable.
(Qualitative) X
TIPS ON THE CONCLUSION
Should be Objective rather than Personal
Do not discuss your learning experience or personal achievement.
:
From the experiment, I have e familiar with the basic techniques of arranging a cir