SOP Notebook Lab Report publication Standard Operating Procedure

SOP Notebook Lab Report (publication) “Standard Operating Procedure” (official “recipe” to be followed. Must be pasted/copied in the lab notebook). Detailed, personal, handwritten account of the experiment. What, how, when and who. Notebook rules apply. Formal write-up. Uses formal headings and past tense. Full sentences only.

Lab REPORT Headings • Title, name, date • Introduction – Some background information – Brief summary of the experiment • Materials and Methods – Cite SOP and note any changes – List materials and their sources – Can cite final concentrations used • Results – In table or graph format if possible (tables and graphs need to be named and numbered) – Describe what was seen • Discussion – What do the results mean? – Reasons for whatever went wrong/what would you do different, next? • References – Numbered in list; (number) in text OK ; use MLA, APA, or CBE style

Lab NOTEBOOK Do’s: • Bound (NOT loose leaf), pre-numbered • Note – WHAT: • Procedure (SOP) • Results (any observations) – HOW: • Deviations from procedure – WHEN: • Date every page in longhand • Date late entries – WHO: • Name all participants • Initial every page and late entry

NOTEBOOK Do’s, cont’d • • Use black ink (blue OK in this class) Record your data in first person Title your study Do all calculations in your notebook, or attach scratch paper, data strips, etc. Be thorough enough to allow reconstruction Void blank spaces and “scratch paper areas” with lines Never obscure (keep xeroxed/electronic copy elsewhere)