What changes to the method/instrument you used might improve this experiment? –Think about how you would like it to work, and then discuss practicalities of this modification.

Lab Report has to be in active voice unless passive voice is necessary! The intro use the 3 articles attached. Use the 3 articles attached could add 2 more articles
Your report should have an abstract (1/2 page), introduction (~ 1-2page), materials and methods (~ 1page), results (~ 1/2page + figures), discussion and conclusion (~ 2-4page). Results should include graphs and tables. You have a lot of freedom to think how you want to discuss your ECG experiment in your report. Spend time just thinking why it is interesting and what it all means.
Components (in this order):
i) Title & Abstract
ii) Introduction
iii) Materials and Methods
iv) Results
v) Discussion
vi) References
vii) Appropriate tables
viii) Appropriate figures and legends
Other Requirements:
Introduction: You must include a discussion in which you paraphrase the relevant findings and or discussion of at least three scientific articles you found.
Discussion/conclusions: You must also discuss scientific articles here, some of which can be the same as the introduction. A total of 5 scientific articles must be included in your lab report formatted as discussed below.
Potential questions to think about are included below. I encourage you to come up with questions or thoughts on your own about heart rate response or the methodologies used. You probably don’t want to address each question in detail. Omit those that don’t fit.

1. What changes to the method/instrument you used might improve this experiment? –Think about how you would like it to work, and then discuss practicalities of this modification.
2. What happened to heart rate when your subjects did different activities or treatments? — Include any unusual observations you took on your subjects’ heart rates
3. What uncontrolled variables may have affected your results? Are there any variables that you couldn’t or didn’t record during the experiment that could affect results?
4. Why would it be beneficial for heart rate to decrease during dives and increase during exercise? What’s the difference?

References. Your references must be in the Journal of Experimental Biology format See: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/manuscript-prep

• More than two authors – (Jones et al., 1995) or (Jones et al., 1995a,b; Smith et al., 1994,
1995).
References section format examples
• Journal: Rivera, A. R. V., Wyneken, J. and Blob, R. W. (2011). Forelimb kinematics and motor patterns of swimming loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): are motor patterns conserved in the evolution of new locomotor strategies? J. Exp. Biol. 214, 3314- 3323.
• Book: Hochachka, P. W. and Somero, G. N. (2002). Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Book chapter: Feller, G. (2008). Enzyme function at low temperatures in psychrophiles. In Protein Adaptation in Extremophiles (ed. K. S. Siddiqui and T. Thomas), pp. 35-69. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Notes
• If there are more than 10 authors, use ‘et al.’ after the 10th author.
• Within a group of papers with the same first author, list single author papers first, then
papers with two authors, then et al. papers. If more than one reference exists for each
type, arrange in date order. Use a and b for papers published in the same year.
• ‘In press’ citations must have been accepted for publication and the name of the journal or
publisher included.

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