Honors Lab Presentation Project: Write Up

Before Your Demonstration:

• Provide your demonstration procedures in list form on the day of your presentation.

After Your Demonstration: Write your project up in this form.

• Due within 1 week of presenting your demonstration.
• Needs to be typed, double spaced, and written in a 12 point, easy to read font for the majority of the write up.  (Certainly you can go larger for titles and headings)
• Write up your lab demonstration in four parts.

Part 1  Preparation for your demonstration.  

• Where did you find your demonstration.  Include sources.
• How did you divide up the work for your demonstration between lab partners (if you had one).
• List the chemicals you used in your demonstration.
• List the hazards associated with each of these chemicals. (see Mr. King for chemical references books or the Flinn link)
• List the mixing and measuring procedures along with your safety precautions.
• List disposal procedures for the chemicals you will be left with after the demonstration.

Part 2  Demonstration Procedures:  How did you present it to the class. 
                  ***Provide a copy of the list before you present to the class.

• Information you present to the class before the demonstration.
• Demonstration procedures.  How are you going to do it, describe in detail.  Make this a list.
• Information you present to the class after the demonstration.

Part 3  Chemical Reactions

• Write out the chemical reactions of your demonstration in both words and in the form of chemical equations.

Part 4  Self Evaluation. 

• How did it work out: Describe in detail. 
• What could you have done to make this go better.
• List 3 or more things you learned from your presentation.