Lab Report 5: Diffusion and Osmosis
All lab reports are written in paragraph form. Include headings for each section (Introduction/ Purpose, Data, Discussion
and Conclusion) of the report. This handout serves as an outline to help construct your report. Make sure to look at all of the
content on the Blackboard website for clarifications on each experiment.
Introduction/Procedure
Introduce diffusion and osmosis and the differences between hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic.
Discuss each experiment’s procedure briefly – Approximately, 1 paragraph per experiment, procedures are found in lab
manual
Results
Use the tables and illustrations on this sheet for your results. Fill out the results in each experiment (tables, graph and
illustrations). State results in paragraph form and use these results for the discussion section of your lab report. Do not forget to
include tables and graph (part/experiment - 2) in lab report.
Part I - Diffusion
Table #1
Potassium Iodide in H2O Solution
(outside the bag, in beaker)
Starch and Glucose in
H2O Solution (inside the
bag)
Results
Beginning
Color Light Brown Cloudy white
End Color
Light Brown
Dark Blue/Purple
** Remember the starch
and iodine from Lab2 –
BIM’s
