Title

The title of your lab report should convey to your reader what was studied.

Some things to keep in mind as you write your title:

Be specific: Your title should include specific information. Some examples of information that can be included are: what organism/chemical was studied, what procedure was completed, what aspect of the organism/chemical was studied, or what was determined about the organism/chemical?

Here are a few examples of uninformative titles and their improved counterpart:

!Poor titles:
IgG lab
Experiment #3: Weeds
Microscopy and Staining

*Great titles:
Purification of IgG from canine whole blood
Assessing the invasive damage of purple loostrife (Lythrum salicaria) on agricultural crops
Identifying five types of leukocytes through Wrights stain, Feulgens reaction and PAS method.

Informative titles might also be misleading such as this title which leaves the reader wondering whether antioxidants protect from or cause cancer:

• e.g: “Protection against Carcinogenesis by Antioxidants”