1. Standard Operating Procedure

2.  “Commit nothing to memory, write everything down”  In the U.S. lab notebooks can be used to establish intellectual property rights for inventions  Only if the ideas and experiments are properly recorded!

3.  Bound notebook  Title line  Project number line  Date line  Numbered pages line  From page __ to page __

4.  Describe the purpose for the labScope  Where does this lab ‘fit in’ with what we are learning Additional Documentation  If there will be any documentation outside of the lab notebook explain what it is

5.  Define any vocabulary words that the average person would not know Procedure – Must be legible  Prelab Focus Questions ◦ Make sure to show all math work  Document each step of the lab performed  Show results  Postlab Focus Questions  Conclusion – what did you learn  References