At its core, science is about inquiry—the act of asking questions and seeking answers. Most labs
begin as the result of a question, and the pre-lab
information of your lab report should include a
question. For example, you may have noticed that
you seem to play basketball better at the court in
the park than you do at home in my driveway. After
doing some thinking and research, you realize that
the surface of the court at the park is different than
your driveway. As a result, you might formula a
scientific question, “What is the effect of the court
surface on the height that the basketball bounces?”
To answer this question scientifically, you could
perform several experiments and gather data.