The document discusses three principles for predicting the location of electrons in atoms: 1) The Aufbau principle states that electrons are added one at a time to the lowest energy orbitals available. For carbon, the orbital notation is 1s2 2s2 2p2. 2) The Pauli exclusion principle states that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously in an atom. Electrons pair up with opposite spins. 3) Hund's rule states that when electrons occupy orbitals of equal energy, one electron enters each orbital with parallel spins before electrons pair up. These three principles allow prediction of electron configuration for various elements.