1. August 28, 2012
Lab Notebook Setup
Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
Place your label on the The first page of your The next 2 pages (front
front of your lab notebook is your “title and back) will be used for
notebook. Fill in your page”. Write a title and your Table of Contents or
name (first and last) and your name. You may TOC. There will be 3
your class period decorate this page to columns (use the red
number. personalize it, but do lines as dividers): Date,
NOT personalize the Assignment, Page. The
exterior of your TOC pages are NOT
notebook. numbered.
2. August 28, 2012
Lab Notebook Setup
Step 4: Step 5: Step 6:
The next page (4th page Starting with the very Glue your Lab
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Notebook Guidelines
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front cover.
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3. August 28, 2012
Lab Notebook Setup
Step 7: Step 8: Step 9:
Title the last 10 pages Glue the Scientific Glue your Variables
of your notebook Method Steps onto in an Experiment
“Reference the first page of your sheet onto the back
Materials”. This Reference section. of the first Reference
should be pg. 87-96. Don’t forget to add page. Call this “87 b”
this to your in your Reference
Reference TOC. TOC.
4. August 28, 2012
Lab Notebook Setup
Step 10: Step 11: Step 12:
Glue the SI Glue the Metric Tape the small
Measurement sheet System Units sheet envelope to the inside
onto the next onto the back of the back cover of the lab
Reference page second reference notebook and label it
(should be pg. 88). page. Call this “pg. “Unfinished Work”.
Add this to your 88 b” in your
Reference TOC. Reference TOC.
5. August 28, 2012
Lab Notebook Setup
Step 13: Step 14: Step 15:
Add “Mrs. Marshall’s Add “Safety Add “Mapping Out
Syllabus” into your Contract” into your the Lab” to your TOC.
TOC. The first page TOC. Staple a copy Add the same title to
from the syllabus of the Safety Contract pg.3 of your
should be added to to pg. 2 of your notebook. Stop here
your notebook notebook. This and wait for further
(stapling is fine) on hasn’t been signed, instructions.
pg. 1. but is a reference for
you during year.