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Guidelines for Keeping a Laboratory Record (4 Making entries (Clear,…
Guidelines for Keeping a Laboratory Record
1. Choosing a note book
Bound notebook
Quadrille-ruled
Tear-Out pages
Numbered
4 Making entries
Clear, legible notes
Enter date everyday you take notes
Day/Month/Year
Ever page should be numbered and dated
Blank pages should have a diagonal line through them
Title for every new set of entries
Record everything you do in the lab
Brief introductions for a new study
Mistakes should have clear lines through them
6 Organization
Doing two things at once?
Use your best judgment when deciding what task to do first
Date two consecutive pages with two different sets of data
Continuation pages
Use proper use of continuation notes for easier viewing
Use "Continued in_" to signify the data continues
Are things getting too sloppy?
Re-enter tables or figures to organize notes
Put lines through messy data and refine it
Repeated Procedures
Write down the exact details of each repeat
8 Table of contents
Record all entries in the table
Include multiple levels in a table of contents
List each set of entries with dates and page numbers
List every set of entries
Checklist
3 What to enter
Enter all procedures
Enter in a timely manner
Sufficient detail
Organized notes
Chronological Note taking
Lab notes only
Write down experiment details
2 Preparing the note book
Use ball point pen
Name
Telephone number
Address
Project name
Course Number
7 Loose materials
Keep loose data in a separate folder
5 The summary
Finished projects should be summarized
Indicate what observations you collected
When continuing a study keep the summery brief