how to keep your lab journal

How to Keep Your Lab Journal

RIGHT NOW DO THESE THINGS:

ARE YOU READY……..

I SURE HOPE YOU ARE……..

On The Cover

CHEMISTRY-CANOVA_________Period ___

YOUR NAME

YOUR PERIOD

1. ON THE INSIDE COVER-Write your lab partner(s) name, home phone number,

cell phone number, email address, aim name, home address, and their class schedule.

-Basically everything you might need in order to contact them.

-Also, in the upper right hand corner, write down your lab station number.

Joe Schmo Lab:3

908-555-1234 h908-555-4321 [email protected] Mockingbird Ln1-Chemistry Rm 2322-Chem Lab3-English Rm 206

2. Number Your Pages

-In the upper right hand corner, number the first 25 pages right now.

-Do not number the back side of the pages.

1

Joe Schmo Lab:3


-Your Table of Contents should include the title of the lab and the page number in your journal where that lab begins.

-Title the first two pages, Table of Contents

1Table of ContentsTitle PageSafety Rules 3Safety Map 4Safety Equip 5Instructions 6-10LEGO 11

3. Table of Contents

Joe Schmo Lab:3


Staple the Lab Safety Rules Into Your Notebook. Onto Page 3

4. Lab Safety Contract

3

Safety Rules Folded in Half

Draw a map of the room and identify the location of all lab safety equipment that you see.

Onto Page 4

5. Lab Safety Map

4

TEACHER DESK

List all of the safety equipment you just identified on the map, and explain its function.

Onto Page 5

6. Safety Equipment

51. Goggles-eye protection

2. Blanket-smother fire

3. Etc……..

Stay on page 5 of your Notebook• The following slides contain important information.• Write down this information in your lab notebook on

the back of page 4.• Take notes on the left pages (class notes section).• Put examples on the right pages (pre-lab section).• If the left page contains notes, and nothing is

written on the right page, draw an “X” through the right page.

Class Notes

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EXAMPLE:

6 Date: 9/15/07Partner: Suzie QueTitle: How to Keep Your Lab NotebookPurpose: To investigate …Materials: (alphabetical)Safety: (see safety contract)Diagram: (not always needed)

Class Notes

How to Write in Lab Notebook

How to Write?Example Prelab Entry

Procedures Observations

1. 3 Tbsp of glue should be added to cup.

None

2. 3 Tbsp of Borax solution should be added to cup.

Sticky, gooey, slime formed.

Write all pertinent information on the RIGHT pages. Save the LEFT pages for special instructions or notes.

EXAMPLE:

7Data/Calculations:

-All entries into lab notebook must be made in ink, NEATLY (BLUE or BLACK ink ONLY!). NO PENCILS (EVER).-Use a ruler to draw any tables/charts. -If a mistake is made, cross it out neatly with a single line- DO NOT USE WHITE-OUT

How to Write?Class Notes

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1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

East

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North

REMINDERS

-You must bring your prepared notebook to the laboratory or you will receive a zero on the prelab section (worth about 25% of total lab grade).

-Only blue or black ink may be used, no pencil or different colored ink.

No white-out.

-No loose paper inside lab notebook.

Class Notes 8

Before the Lab:Class Notes

EXAMPLE: SEE PAGE 6

Date: 9/15/07Partner: Suzie QueTitle: How to Keep Your Lab

NotebookPurpose: To investigate …Materials: (alphabetical)Safety: (see safety contract)Diagram: (not always needed)Procedures Observations1. 3 Tbsp of glue should be added to cup.

None

2. 3 Tbsp of Borax solution should be added to cup.

Sticky, gooey, slime formed.

9BE SURE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRELAB:1)Date2)Partner3)Title4)Purpose5)Materials6)Safety7)Diagram8)Procedures/ Observations9)Data/Calculations

During/After the Lab:Class Notes 10

1) Fill in observation section.2) Collect and record data in table.3) If time permits, start

calculations.4) Consider the focus of lab

questions.5) If required, a formal typed of

lab report that contains, in addition to what you wrote in your lab notebook, a typed conclusion (more info on typed lab reports to follow).

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