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LIFS3220 Guideline For Completing Assignments

This document provides guidelines for completing laboratory and project reports for the LIFS3220 Animal Physiology course. It outlines the required format, which includes sections for the title, introduction, procedures, results, figures, and discussion. The results and discussion sections should analyze and present the experimental data, while addressing the objectives and drawing conclusions about the significance of the findings. Adhering to this scientific paper format will help develop skills useful for future careers.

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LIFS3220 Guideline For Completing Assignments

This document provides guidelines for completing laboratory and project reports for the LIFS3220 Animal Physiology course. It outlines the required format, which includes sections for the title, introduction, procedures, results, figures, and discussion. The results and discussion sections should analyze and present the experimental data, while addressing the objectives and drawing conclusions about the significance of the findings. Adhering to this scientific paper format will help develop skills useful for future careers.

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LIFS3220 Guideline for completing assignments

I. Writing Laboratory and Project Reports

It is essential in science to keep a good record of your experimental results. We would like
you to adhere to the following format for writing the laboratory report and project report. Like any
piece of scientific research, a laboratory exercise is not finished until the data have been recorded,
analyzed, presented, and discussed. Your Laboratory Report should follow the basic outline of a
scientific paper. This is to develop skills that may prove to be very useful later in your career.

All laboratory reports must conform to the following format:

1. Title and Author. Give the number and title of the Experiment, your name, your partners'
names (i.e., your co-authors of this piece of experimentation), and the date of the laboratory session.
This is an example for you as reference:

Course code: LIFS 3220


Course name: Animal Physiology
Student name: Chan Siu Ming
Student ID: 20228888
Date of experiment: 22 Feb 2022
Experiment #1: Muscle Structure and Function

2. Introduction. A short paragraph stating the background and objectives of the


experimentation.

3. Procedures (or sometimes referred to as Materials and Methods). Do not copy the
entire procedure from the lab manual, you only need to write down the correct page numbers of the
lab manual.

4. Results. All observations made during the experimental period and not described in the
previous section should be presented in this section. Include the calculated or derived data resulting
from the raw data. The latter may be in the form of tables or graphs. Always state the units your data
is measured in. Traces from the PowerLab/410 recording unit should be included in your report with
complete and clear notations. Label them as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc for ease of reference

5. Figures: Draw large, well-labeled figures when required. Remember to include a scale bar
to provide real dimensions.

6. Discussion: In this section you will discuss the results, explaining the significance of what
has been observed, and your conclusions. Try to explain negative findings and comment on sources
of error in, and merits of, the procedures used. Draw attention to similarities and differences between
the given results and those of other researchers. Point out the relevance of your conclusions to the life
processes of the animal studied. It is essential to address the questions raised in this Laboratory

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