1. Basic Steps for Maintaining a Lab Notebook

2. A daily record of every experiment you do
A Lab Notebook is…..
A daily record of every experiment you do

3. A Lab Notebook is…..
An explanation of why the experiments were done, how they were done and the results

4. A Lab Notebook is…..
A legal document to prove patents and defend your data.

5. A Lab Notebook is…..
A record that would enable another scientist to reproduce what you did

6. Different Types of Lab Notebooks
Bound/Stitched
Loose-leaf/3-ring Binder
Electronic

7. What Goes in the Notebook
Name and Year
General Project Name
Lab Mailing Address
Table of Contents
Experimental Entries

8. Table of Contents
Date Subject/Experiment Page number

9. Experimental Entries Date/Title Purpose or Goal Background
Experimental protocol
Observations/Data
Analysis
Ideas for future experiments

10. Everything in your lab notebook is confidential
Everything must be written in permanent ink

11. YouTube Lab Notebook Set Up