Overview
Lab Notebook Requirements:
Write in Pen Only (we never destroy data)
Never tear out pages
Write on the front side of pages only
Cross out any mistakes
- Write EVERYTHING in your lab notebook (no scratch paper)
- Lab Notebook Order:
- Lab Title
- Personal Notes from reading before class
- Rough Procedure
Class Notes
Raw Data (always include units)
Measured numbers
Rough calculations
- Clean Data (always include units)
- Nice, neat data tables (with correct significant figures)
- Detailed calculations
- One calculation for each unique formula used that week
- Graphs (when we have them)
Questions from the Lab Manual
- You do not need to write out the question, just your answer
- You do need to number the questions
Summary (at least a paragraph)
- Talk about the experiment and your results
What did you do?
- Why did you do it?
- What were your results?
- Where the results good or bad?
How do you know your results were good or bad?
- If you were to redo the experiment, what would you change to get better results?
You need to complete the Experiment 9 Class Document.
- This is the lab manual you are creating for the experiment you design.
- You need to perform the experiment you design.
This is the information that will go into your lab notebook.
- There is an extra credit quiz available to you until Sunday evening.