E80 Abstract Writing Assignment
Abstract
General formula for abstracts, 1 sentence each for the following items:
- What did you do?
- How did you do it?
- What is your most meaningful, quantitative result?
- Why did you do it / what does that result mean?
Don’t put in too much stuff! It’s not an introduction.
Statement of Work
In this writing assignment you will write an abstract for the work you did in lab this week. Be sure to follow the conventions of an abstract carefully:
- Don’t summarize more of your work than necessary.
- Do include quantitative results.
- Keep it short.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this writing assignment you will…
- Learn to write an abstract that follows the conventions of scientific writing.
Specifications
Effort
Completion