Lab+Report+How+To

i. Add in columns with totals/averages, etc. This should include factors that might influence the results (i.e sex, asthma, fitness level, illness, smoking, as well as the different respiratory values you are measuring. It will be interesting to record heart rate as well. i. Create a series of graphs to show the effects of different factors on respiratory volumes (example: compare those who are sick to those who are not, etc.).  ii. Compare your values with those of the class (class averages may come in useful here)  iii. Make a personal spirograph (use the one on pg. 448 as an example) iv. Types of graphs you might include (but are not limited to):
 * __How To Write A Stellar Lab Report for Ms. Delaire (Respiratory Volume Lab Example)__**
 * 1) Title page (Title, Name, Date, Looks nice)
 * 2) Table of contents is always a good thing
 * 3) Introduction (1 pg)
 * 4) Purpose: To obtain measurements your own respiratory volume, and compare them to the measurements of the class.
 * 5) A little prelude to the experiment… What are you doing and why? Any terms that wouldn’t be understood by non-science person should be explained, and short forms can be used in the lab but they must be fully written out the first time they are mentioned (i.e. “…tidal volume (TV)…”).
 * 6) What might you expect? Hypothesize about what might affect respiratory volume (discuss some of the factors that we have talked about in class and why they might have effects). What do you predict about your own respiratory volume? How do you think you will do in comparison to the rest of the class in general? Why is this a cool thing to analyze? (You should discuss the pre-lab questions somewhere here as well.)
 * 7) Materials: For this lab simply reference the text book
 * 8) Procedure: Reference the textbook, but note any changes you make to the procedure.
 * 9) Results/Observations (will easily end up being more that 1pg):
 * 10) Tables: Include at the class data table that we are making on the wiki
 * 1) Graphs
 * 1) Bar graphs
 * 2) Scatterplots (with line of best fit for groups of points - this indicates trends..)
 * 3) Have fun with this! Use the data to check out interesting (but logical) effects.
 * 4) Discussion (at least 1 pg):
 * 5) Why is respiration important? Give me some background.
 * 6) Talk about the results - what do your graphs show?
 * 7) Why did you get those results?
 * 8) Do they or do they not support your predictions/hypotheses? Why or why not?
 * 9) Are there any possible sources of error? (There will always be some of these - no experiement is perfect!)
 * 10) Incorporate the answers from the //post-lab//, //conclude and apply// and //exploring further// questions (from the previous page) here.
 * 11) Incorporate the answers to the questions from the textbook (pg. 447 #1, 2, 3(all) and 4) too.
 * 12) Conclusion: What conclusions can you draw from this lab and results? How might what you have learned be applied to the real world? What are the implications of what you have learned?
 * 13) References