Reference no: EM132827879

Topic: Centripetal Force

Do a lab report about Centripetal Force.

Lab Report Format

Introduction: A brief but clear statement of what the experiment was trying to accomplish. For example, consider a lab experiment that determined the speed of light by measuring the difference in arrival time of shortwave radio signals, transmitted from two different points on Earth, but both received in Appleton. For such an experiment, one might say something like, "We measured the arrival time of two shortwave radio signals received in Appleton, Wisconsin, but transmitted from two different places on Earth. We used these measurements, as well as the difference in distance travelled by the two signals, in order to determine the speed of light." Notice that one can tell what was actually measured and what those measurements were used to calculate. This information is necessary right up front, or else the reader won't have the slightest idea what the rest of the lab report is about.

Data and Observations: A tabular (if appropriate) listing of any relevant data generated during the experiment. Pay careful attention to units and significant figures. For some of the experiments, you may be required to also list uncertainties in your measurements. We will talk more about this later. Note: this is supposed to be what you actually observed, not what you may have wished to have observed.

Results: A tabular (if appropriate) listing of any results of your calculations. In particular, the results section should clearly state "what happened" in your experiment. So, for example, if you determined the speed of light in your experiment, the reader should be able to skip to the Results section of your report and easily find a clear statement such as, "we determined a value of (2.75 ± 0.25) × 108 m/s for the speed of light".

Discussion: A discussion of how your results relate to the objectives of the experiment, including a (hopefully) quantitative discussion of the uncertainties in your results due to the random and systematic errors in your measurements. So the Introduction should say what you did and what was the point, the Data and Observations section should give what you measured, the Results section should tell the reader what actually happened, and the Discussion section should say what it all means. The Discussion section is not an evaluation of how much you liked the experiment. It is a discussion of the meaning of your results. So for the example above, you would clearly want to compare the result you calculated for the speed of light to the known value and discuss the probable reasons for any discrepancy. For example: "The value we determined for the speed of light is 6.7% smaller than the known value of 3.00 × 108 m/s. It makes sense that our answer is slightly smaller because of the particular way in which we made our measurements "

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