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PHF1-Laboratory Report Instructions Sheet-AUT-2023
PHF1-Laboratory Report Instructions Sheet-AUT-2023
Introduction to Physics
University of Sussex
I. Introduction
This laboratory report assessment forms one of your exercises this semester and will be used as a
summative assessment for your academic progress in addition to assessing your measurement
recording skills, your practical and theoretical progress on this module. This assessment counts 20% of
your total PHF1 module grade.
IV. Procedure
You need to follow the instruction sheet for each experiment and produce results/readings as per
specified format. This instruction sheet is available on Canvas under the Assignment link.
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concept of respective experiment. Suggest modifications to the experimental arrangement that will
improve the accuracy of the experiment or to extend the investigation to answer a new question.
• Title page – with module name, report title, candidate number and word count.
• Contents list – with page numbers to include introduction, setup, testing, error source,
discussion, conclusions, and reference list.
• Test and measurement methods – with explanations of what you did and why, support your
answer with diagrams and plots. Analysis and discussion of results - with answer to each
question that is in the Instructions Section with diagram or plot.
• Conclusions – containing no new material but summarizing what has been achieved.
• Reference list – numbered source details corresponding to the cross-reference numbers in the
report.
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