Problem
You will submit a comprehensive Lab Report regarding the Solid Waste Audit Lab you have been working on. Your lab report should use this template and contain the following:
1) Introduction: Edit, if necessary based on Instructor feedback, the Introduction you submitted. This is the beginning of your lab report.
2) Methods: Explain how you carried out your research. Provide details about how you collected your trash and recorded your data, including how you measured your waste. Make sure to outline this process clearly so someone else could repeat your experiment.
3) Results: Include your table, and using your table data create a bar graph visualizing your 24-hour waste audit. This video will help you create a bar graph. Explain what your bar graph illustrates in terms of your hypothesis. Refer to the appendices in your textbook for information about interpreting data with charts and graphs. You can also read this tutorial about how to transfer table data into a bar graph.
4) Conclusion: Write a conclusion of your lab answering the following questions:
a) What do the results say about your hypothesis? Clearly state whether your hypothesis was supported or falsified.
b) Discuss regarding alternatives to putting more waste in the landfill?
c) Good questions for future research?
d) How do your results relate to the average American, your group, and your state? What does this mean about your ecological footprint?