Back At the Lab!

"You know what they say at the sewage treatment plant…the jobs not done until the paperwork is finished! Let's get that datasheet back to the lab!"

Your RiverWatch Field Trip is only one short day out on the river, but it's a very rich source of information. You'll have more work to do "back at the lab".

Work-Up The Data

This is how real science works! Field research is only one small part of any project. It takes considerable time, thought and organization to "work-up the data" when a scientist heads "back to the lab".

• A thoughtful effort is required on your part to collect, check, enter and make sense of all the data that you collect.
  
  
• Without organized data, your discoveries might remain unnoticed in the jumble and confusion of all those numbers.

Your goal back-at-the-lab is to develop and present a quality report that answers the question:

Here's a few tips for working "Back at the Lab!"

Enter Data Analyze Data Produce a Report Present the Report Stewardship