Science Lab Report Protocol
Grade 7 and 8

Components Description
Topic/Title Brief statement of main idea
Introduction General and/or specific information on topic.
Minimum of 1 paragraph (5 sentences) for 7th grade and 2 paragraphs for 8th.
Purpose/Aim Why are you doing this experiment?
What do you want to discover?
Hypothesis Educated guess, what you think is going to happen.
Procedure/Method Step by step, detailed description of what you did. MUST be written in sequence, and in past tense. Materials and quantities used must be included.
Results Information collected, may be observations (written) or data (measurements). Appropriately present data using tables, charts, graphs, pictures, drawings where applicable.
Analysis Trends and patterns based on data, what is the data telling you?
Discussion Scientific explanation of results.
Conclusion Answer the question asked in the aim.
Other notes Be specific and detailed. Explain such that someone else can do the same experiment at home based on what you have written.