Lab Report Balmer Series

Section Checklist Points Possible Points Earned
Name, Date, Title _Contains a descriptive title and date
_Has the name of all lab members
_Included Cycle and Lab number 2
Abstract(Bottom of first page) _States the goal of the lab
_Included brief description of what physically occurs in the lab
_States the numerical results and percent difference 3
Introduction _Explains the background theory, applications, and importance of the phenomena in your own words 2
Procedure _Adequately describes the apparatus
_Diagram or picture included
_Includes equipment list
_Summarizes experiment well enough that it could be replicated 4
Data _Contains all required data
_Summarizes/formats data correctly and appropriately(tables)
_Tables are labeled and have units
_Each table has a brief description under it 4
Calculations _One example of each type of calculation is included with correct units (can attach paper from lab book) 2
Graphs _Graphs contain title or caption
_Axes of graphs are labeled and have units
_Graphs plotted and formatted correctly
_Explain importance of parameters on the graph (slope etc.) 4
Error Analysis _Lists/Describes Sources of error 1
Conclusion _Explains how the results of the experiment may be interpreted.
_Re-states the conceptual and numerical conclusion (with units)
_Discusses how the results compare to the theory, do they agree?
_All lab questions/calculations from project description are numbered and answered correctly, this goes after the written conclusion 3

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Total Points 30