How to write a lab report: introduction

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Let's not be fooled by 

false reports

A good research question is...

• a question: A sentence that ends with a question mark.
• focused: It is about one issue.
• specific: It names the species (common mouse), substances (distilled water) or environment (oak forest in Rijswijk) that the research is about.
• researchable: The answer to the question can be found with the help of experiments or observations.

A good hypothesis is...

• a sentence.
• The answer to your research question that you expect to find     before you start your research. 
• Based on what you have already learnt about the topic (at   school or from other sources).
  

Which of these is
a good research question?

1. The amount of protein in an apple
2. What is the amount of protein in an apple
3. Do all apples contain protein?
4. What is the amount of protein in an apple?

Which question is the most focused and specific?

1. What do apples do to your body?
2. Which nutrients are found in apples?
3. Which nutrients are found in Jonagold apples ?

Which question can be answered using a simple experiment?

1. Does a Jonagold apple contain protein?
2. How much protein do all the Jonagold apples contain together?
3. Why do Jonagold apples contain protein?

Alyza sees moss growing on oak trees in her town. She notices that the moss does not grow all over the tree trunks, but only on parts of the trunks. Which question could she use to research this phenomenon?

1. Where does moss grow?
2. Which species of moss grow on tree trunks?
3. Why does moss grow on trees?
4. Does the same amount of moss grow on all sides of the trees?

Which research question
belongs to the results
on the right?

1. Which temperature do yeast cells like best?
2. What is the influence of fermentation on yeast cells?
3. What is the influence of temperature on fermentation by yeast cells?
4. What do yeast cells do?

Soufian has chosen the research question: "How much do European common frogs
  eat per month in the summer?".
What is his hypothesis?

1. A European frog eats so much because Europe is cold.
2. A European common frog eats 4 kg of food per month in summer.
3. A European common frog eats 4 kg.

Ben chooses the question: "What is the effect of water on the height of sunflowers?".
What would be a good hypothesis?

I want to research the height of students at the
Lely Lyceum. What could be my research question?

include

don't include

Anna's research question is: What kind of food do
black bears eat? 

Which background information should she include?

diseases that black bears can get

where the black bear lives

what the polar bear eats

info about the black bear's teeth

I support my hypothesis with 'theory'. What do I do, so I can write the
'theory' chapter?

1. I must go ask my teacher
2. I must ask Chatgpt
3. I must study other scientific reports
4. I must study other reports and think

The dependent variable is the variable that...

1. causes an effect
2. depends on a cause
3. causes a change
4. depends on a variable which you controlled

A study found: in homes visited by a doctor more people die than in homes not visited by a doctor.
Pick the correct conclusion

1. There is relation between doctor visits and death.
2. The visit of a doctor more often causes death.
3. The visit of a doctor causes death.
4. Do not invite a doctor. You may die!