Your work in lab will be kept in a laboratory notebook, which
will be turned in periodically for evaluation on a rotating
schedule. Please use an Ampad #22-157 Computation Book, which is
available at Huntley Bookstore. You may reuse a notebook from a
previous course if it has room. You should keep track of all
your work, including “scratch” calculations, in your notebook.
Your notebook is not supposed to look perfect, as though you
worked everything out somewhere else and copied it neatly into
the book. Rather, it should be a working record of your activity
and thoughts as you perform experiments. We find it helpful to
use the following conventions: - Make chronological entries on
the right-hand page. - Date each page. - Use lists and short
phrases to explain your procedure - Use tables to record data -
Use sketches to show the apparatus and how it is set up for your
experiment. Make these large enough to show all relevant detail.
Label distances symbolically, and tabulate dimensions near the
sketch. - If you