Lab Meeting - Identified by number. For example, the first lab is Lab Meeting 1 or simply Lab 1
Lab Report - A page containing a set of questions you must answer at the endo of your lab experience.
Lab Notebook - A file (typically a Word file) where you will keep notes about what you observe and measure as you are going through the lab. A few Labs will ask you to write a Lab Notebook.
The copy of your Lab Report print and of your Lab Notebook (where required) must be returned to your instructor for grading.
A typical lab meeting will include the following parts:
The lab instructor will explain what the lab is about, give you any
special directions, and point out anything that they noticed from grading
the last Lab Report.
You will go through the lab experiments and you may collect data either in in your manual or in your own Lab Notebook file.
Labs are designed to mostly experimental. When carrying out an experiment
the experimentor tries various things and records the corresponding results.
Once the experimentor has sufficient trial/result data, it is possible to
draw conclusions about the subject of the experiment.
After you are done going through the Lab (and making observations in your Lab Notebook) answer the questions provided by the lab. It is very important that your answers on the Lab Report be as complete as possible.
The writing in your Lab Report is to be your own. No copying of Lab Reports will be tolerated.The Lab Report must be turned in by the the end of the lab meeting unless stated otherwise by your instructor.