The lab notebook is the most important part of the lab. You need to keep your notebook up to date, and write in it as you do the lab. You must use a bound notebook that has numbered pages that cannot come out. Your notebooks must contain everything needed to reproduce the experiment:
The notebook must be neat enough that somebody else reading your notebook could understand what you did. All markings in the lab notebook should be made in pen. It is a good idea to cut out and tape relevant material into your notebook where appropriate. Use digital images where appropriate. It is also useful to keep a table of contents for your notebook.
The notebooks will be graded on the basis of completeness of the lab write-up and answering the questions. Each lab will be graded for the following:
At the end of the term, graduate students must submit a 3-5 page paper covering a topic of your choice from this course. The paper, which should be written as an informal technical memo, will be worth 25% of your grade. The paper should present a summary of one of your labs in a complete and concise way. It should include the following:
The paper is due at the end of the term
