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Objective

[State the investigation purpose.]

Introduction

[Explain theory, background and hypothesis. Define equation symbols.]

Materials

[List equipment, reagents and software used.]

Procedure

[Describe what was done in impersonal third-person past tense, including repeatable detail and precautions.]

Results

[Insert raw-data tables with captions, units and actual instrument uncertainties. Insert labelled graphs with axes, scale, caption and best fit where appropriate.]

Calculations

[Show one example of each calculation type. Keep unrounded values until final precision is chosen. Percent error = |experimental - accepted| / |accepted| x 100%, where applicable. Output a percentage.]

Discussion

[Interpret your own results. Connect each error to its effect and compare with theory where applicable.]

Conclusion

[Connect purpose, important results and meaning. State limitations and improvements in impersonal past tense.]

Literature Cited

[List sources alphabetically on this separate final page; cite borrowed information in the report text.]