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LAB REPORT GUIDELINES & RUBRIC

Once you have completed your lab study, you will need to prepare an investigation report, using your own words. Your report should include three sections and provide answers to the following questions:

Section 1: Introduction
What question were you trying to answer and why? (Hint: For the "why," refer to the introduction of your lab. This will help you to determine the background information necessary to answer your guiding question. In other words, why is the guiding question important to your understanding of chemistry?)

Section 2: Method
What did you do during your investigation and why did you conduct your investigation in this way?

Section 3: Argument
What is your argument?

Please refer to our LAB REPORT RUBRIC for more details about how each section and the overall paper will be assessed.

Be sure to write in a persuasive style; you are trying to convince others that your claim is acceptable or valid.

Please abide by the following formatting requirements:

• When titling your paper, put the following in the header on every page, aligned to the right: Your Name, GEN CHEM 806-134, and the due date. Then begin your paper with our lab title, centered.

Your Name GEN CHEM 806-134 Date Due Lab Title Introduction         Introduce your lab study here. Introduce your lab study here. Introduce your lab study here. Introduce your lab study here. Introduce your lab study here. Introduce your lab study here. Method         Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here.         Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here. Discuss your method here.

• Your report should answer the three questions listed above in two pages or less.
• The report must be typed and any diagrams, figures, or tables should be embedded into the document.
  • NOTE: For the degree symbol in Google doc: choose the "Insert" menu, choose "Special Characters," then choose the "Symbol" drop down menu and "Miscellaneous" drop down menu. The degree symbol is at the top of the symbol screen.
• In the way of paragraph spacing, please use 1.5 rather than single or double. Also, please indent the first line of each paragraph 0.5 of an inch.

LAB SAFETY

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LAB STUDIES LIST, TENTATIVE FOR 2023-2024

Chapter		Lab Title	Lab Modified from Source
1	Intro to Chemistry	Qualitative Analysis of Unknowns	Flinn Scientific
2	Standards for Measurement	Density is a Periodic Property	Flinn Scientific
3	Elements and Compounds	Periodic Trends and the Properties of Elements	Flinn Scientific
4	Properties of Matter	n/a
5	Early Atomic Theory and Structure	n/a
6	Nomenclature of Ionic Compounds	n/a
7	Quantitative Composition of Compounds	A Mole of What?
8	Chemical Equations	Precipitation Reactions and Solubility Rules	Flinn Scientific
9	Calculations from Chemical Equations	Gravimetric Analysis of Calcium and Hard Water	Flinn Scientific
10	Modern Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table	Spectroscopy and Flame Tests
10	Modern Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table	Magnetism and Atomic Structure	ADI, Lab 12 & ADI, Lab 2
11	Chemical Bonds: The Formation of Compounds from Atoms	Molar Shapes and Polarity
12	The Gaseous State of Matter	Determining the Molar Volume of a Gas	Flinn Scientific
13	Liquids	n/a
14	Solutions	Designing a Handwarmer	ADI, Lab 28 & Flinn Scientific
14	Solutions	Toxicity of Road Deicers & Freezing Point Depression	Flinn Scientific
14	Solutions	Molarity
15	Acids, Bases, and Salts	Acid-Base Titration of an Eggshell
16	Chemical Equilibrium	Introduction to Reaction Rates
16	Chemical Equilibrium	Equilibrium Constant and Temperature	ADI, Lab 30 & Flinn Scientific
17	Oxidation-Reduction Basics	Electrochemistry	Flinn Scientific

Other...

CHAPTER 15, ACIDS, BASES, AND SALTS
Acid-Base Titration and Neutralization Reactions
     Modified from Source: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Chemistry, Lab 25
     & Flinn Scientific, Inc.