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Please write your HW in your agenda.

Please look over your project checklist on page 27 and check off what you have finished!Pay attention for a brief presentation

on making good procedures

Procedure Writing Guidelines

Procedure is written step-by-step. 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________

Procedure is written in imperative tense (no pronouns). Place the beaker on to the hot plate. Stir the mixture with a glass

stirrer for 2 minutes. Then you put the beaker on the hot plate and make sure you stir

the liquid for 2 minutes.

Procedure instructions are specific. Pour 20 mL of water into the 50 mL beaker. Pour the water into a beaker.

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After You Finish Your Procedures

Create a section below your procedures. Title it Potential Problems

In this section: Anticipate problems you might come

across in your experiment. Discuss independent variables you have to

make sure you eliminate. Example: If testing how different levels of

light affect plant growth then all of the plants have to get the same amount of water.

Lab Project Work

Please retrieve a laptop and begin work on your lab procedure.

Be sure to follow the procedure writing guidelines!

Procedure Writing Guidelines

Procedure is written step-by-step.

Procedure is written in imperative tense (no pronouns).

Procedure instructions are specific.