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I've received some questions concerning the notebooks, reports,
etc.,<br>
I decided to send something to everyone.<br>
<br>
1) There's a number of helpful links and information about labs on
my<br>
class web page. Go to the following link to find these things.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/lab_1220.htm"><b>Laboratory</b></a><br>
<br>
2) For those of you who haven't been doing so, you should have your
notebook<br>
prepared before going to lab. The TA will come around the lab
in the first<br>
10 minutes or so and check to see if you have the notebook
prepared. If not<br>
you can loose up to 5 pts depending on what you have done.<br>
<br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big> You will NOT be allowed
to begin the experiment without first having<br>
</big></font></big></font><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big> the purpose and
procedure written in your notebook. You will lose
points<br>
for the notebook if these are not done before
coming to lab. You will lose<br>
points for coming late to lab. Also, if you
come w/o the procedure in<br>
the notebook and have to complete during lab you
will be considered late.</big></font></big></font></big></font></big></font><br>
<br>
Take a look at the syllabus and the following link for an idea
of what<br>
should be in there,<br>
<br>
<a href="https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labnotebook/"><b>Chem
Lab Notebook - Departmental Guidelines for Lab Notebooks</b></a><br>
<br>
There's an example at the above link as well.<br>
<br>
The next link shows an example I did for the first 2 steps from
the lab manual<br>
for an old exp which is no longer done (exp 14) in 1220.<br>
<br>
<b> </b><a
href="http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/notebook_proc_1220.pdf"><b>My
Suggestions for Writing a Notebook Procedure</b></a><br>
<br>
<font size="2"><big> The second link is actually an example using
an old experiment which is not<br>
presently being done (exp 14). The first page is the
procedure as I would write<br>
it and the second page is the procedure from the lab
manual. Note how I took<br>
the first two steps in the procedure in the manual and
rewrote them in short<br>
concise easy to follow steps rather than in full sentence
form. You'll also find<br>
this on the last page of the syllabus. You can see a
similar example in the link<br>
for the departmental guidelines (which you should read).<br>
</big></font> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><br>
Someone with a reasonable understanding of chemistry should be
able to pick<br>
up your notebook and be able to follow what you've done and
repeat the<br>
experiment just from the notebook w/o the manual.<font
face="Times New Roman"><br>
</font></span><br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>For your notebooks you
must be using <b>PEN </b>and all data and information<br>
taken during lab should be <b>in </b>the <b>notebook.
</b><b>Do NOT write anything that<br>
should be in the notebook</b> <b>in the manual or
another paper, even if you<br>
intend to </b><b>copy it to the notebook before
leaving lab. That is not allowed.<br>
Points will be deducted for this. Any information
taken during lab that<br>
is pertinent to the exp goes directly in the notebook.</b></big></font></big></font><br>
<br>
Record values to the correct sig. fig. and include units. Use
tables when possible.<br>
<br>
If you make a mistake <b>do NOT erase</b> it, <b>do not
scribble over the mistake</b> and <b>do</b><b><br>
</b><b> not use whiteout</b>. Put a single line through the
mistake and write the correct info<br>
next to it.<br>
<br>
The TA will grade your notebook (worth 5 pts) and tell you how
to improve it.<br>
<br>
Pretend like I'm your boss and we've been working on the most
important<br>
discovery since the creation of the universe. You are the one
doing a lot of<br>
the experiments and taking data. You leave for the day and get
hit by a bus.<br>
If you haven't recorded everything you've done in your notebook
and its not<br>
easy to follow and figure out what you've done I won't be able
to repeat your<br>
important work. Remember, I can't ask you what you did because
you were<br>
hit by a bus. There's all that work down the drain. You won't
get recognized<br>
by your peers or win the Noble Prize because you didn't keep a
proper<br>
notebook. That would be terrible (almost as bad as getting hit
by the bus).<br>
<br>
There's also performance points (5 pts). This means using the
correct<big><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"></span></big>
equipment,<br>
using it correctly, following directions, using the procedure in
your notebook and<br>
not the manual, etc. <br>
<br>
3) Before leaving lab:<br>
<br>
<b><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>You MUST sign and
date each page and then have the TA sign and date the<br>
pages and you give the carbon pages to the TA before
leaving lab. If you do<br>
not do this you will need to speak to Dr. Moga</big></font></big></font></b><b><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>.</big></font></big></font></b><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><b><br>
</b></big></font></big></font><br>
4) Unless specifically stated in Carmen or the manual, all the
reports are FULL reports . <br>
<br>
If you want to know what a FULL report is look at the following
two links,<br>
<br>
<a href="https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labreport/"><b>Chem
Lab Report - Departmental Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report</b></a><br>
<br>
<a
href="https://cbc-wb01x.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/chem1220_sample_lab_report.pdf"><b>Lab
Report Format - My Lab Report Example</b></a><br>
<br>
The 2nd one is my example of what it should look like with
what should go into<br>
each section. The Word template on Carmen will help with
this as well in terms<br>
of the order and such. My example pretty much tells you
what should be in<br>
each section.<br>
<br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big> a) Your reports must be
done using the templates provided on Carmen and submitted<br>
on-line in Carmen (follow the instructions on
Carmen). They should be typed.<br>
</big></font></big></font><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big>However, as of now, you don't have to type the
calculations. That can take a long<br>
time. Instead, you can write out the sample
calculations and take a picture and<br>
include that in the report. <br>
</big></font></big></font><br>
b) The procedure section in the report is simply a bibliographic
reference unless<br>
you made any changes, as communicated by your TA. Any
changes should<br>
go in this section below the bibliographic reference.
Otherwise we do NOT<br>
want any details of the procedure in the report. <br>
<br>
5) Exp 1 (SOL) help<br>
<br>
a) Go to the "Helpful Tidbits" link on my class web page (not
Carmen) and you will<br>
find a link for exp 1 which should help with the lab itself
and the report. <br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/faq/faq_1220.htm"><b>Helpful
Tidbits for 1220</b></a><br>
<br>
6) Graphing<br>
<br>
a) You can find links for examples of good graphs below. The
first graph doesn't take<br>
up the full page since I had to shrink it so I could write
on it. The 2nd graph shows<br>
an example when you have more than one set of data
plotted. You can bring the<br>
legend inside the graph area to allow the graph to spread
out and occupy the whole<br>
page. You don't need a legend when there's only one set of
data plotted (as for graph 2<br>
in my exp 14 example or graph 2 for exp 1, SOL). <br>
<br>
<a
href="http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/sample_graphs.pdf"><b>Sample
Graphs</b></a><br>
<br>
There's also a link you can use to help get you started with
Excel if you've never<br>
used it before. It's a simple example for a density graph.
Go to the following link<br>
and you will find this, along with other useful links.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/excel/excel.htm"><b>Using
MS Excel for Reports</b></a><br>
<br>
Many of my examples use an older version of Excel (Excel
2003). I have a link<br>
explaining the major differences between it and the newer
versions. Again, click tabs,<br>
right-click, etc. and explore what it can do and where to
find things. Look at the<br>
links for my exp 14 example using Excel. It shows you how
to do certain things<br>
(calculations, more than one data set on a graph, etc.)<br>
<br>
<br>
I hope this and my on-line help file address the majority of your
questions. If not ask.<br>
<br>
Dr. Zellmer
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