Lab Report Format

Your lab notebook is a written record of all that happened in the lab. At the beginning of each experiment you should include the purpose of the experiment, data table for expected results, and answers to any pre-lab questions. Part of the score for each lab will be based upon the pre-lab being complete before lab and the completeness of your observations. While in lab you should record all observations and numerical data. I will be collecting your notebooks periodically to assess how good of record you are keeping. After completing the experimental portion of each lab, answer any post lab questions posed and include comments about your results overall.  All lab reports will be due one week after completion of the experiment except as noted in the syllabus. Please bring your lab notebook to lecture for sharing of data and discussion.  You will also need to put your data from some experiments on the web under the lab data portion.  See link for further information about what constitutes a good lab report.

Your lab reports should follow standard ACS format.  This will be discussed in class.