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Dr. Moga has addressed some of the following in her announcements<br>
on Carmen.<br>
<br>
Sometimes students want to put data directly into Excel and not<br>
the notebook. This is not allowed. Also, do NOT write data<br>
anywhere else but the notebook, in <b>PEN</b>. <br>
<br>
The official record is the notebook. ALL data collected in the lab<br>
goes DIRECTLY in the notebook. It should not be written on other<br>
pieces of paper and then transferred to the notebook. This has<br>
been stated before in previous e-mails and the links dealing with<br>
what goes in the notebook (which most of you read when you took<br>
1210 and did exp 1). We deduct points when you put data on other<br>
pieces of paper, including the manual, even if you intend to
transfer<br>
the data to the notebook at a later time. This then applies to
first<br>
entering the data into an Excel file and then transferring it to the<br>
notebook. It's really no different than transferring it from a
spare<br>
piece of paper to the notebook. I've been to most of the labs at<br>
this point and seen people writing in the manual, other sheets of<br>
paper and in the notebook in pencil.<br>
<br>
This means it should not be entered in the laptop until you've put
it in<br>
the notebook. You <b>must </b>put it in the <b>notebook </b>during
lab. If you have<br>
time when you are <b>done </b>with the exp and everything is
cleaned up and<br>
your notebook sheets have been signed and the carbons submitted, you<br>
can then enter the numbers in Excel. Honestly, it's doubtful you'll
have<br>
time to do this in lab. A Beer's Law graph, including calculating
the slope,<br>
has to be done by hand in the notebook (for each student) before
leaving<br>
lab and checked by your TA.<br>
<br>
However, each student needs to do this on their own. You are
collecting<br>
the data as a group. That is the last time you work together.<br>
Everyone is supposed to produce their <b>own </b>Excel files,
calculations,<br>
graphs, etc. You do <b>NOT </b>work on the data analysis or
report as a<br>
group. You are not allowed to share your Excel files with anyone
else.<br>
<br>
Also, having laptops out during exp 3 can be problematic. There's
a<br>
lot going on with this exp and a lot of stuff around. There's not
a<br>
whole lot of room for laptops.<br>
<br>
Finally, if your laptops are out they are big targets for spills.
I would<br>
imagine if you spill any of these chemicals on your laptop that
wouldn't<br>
be a very good thing for the laptop or you. Even if your laptop
survives<br>
you will not be able to completely clean it of whatever spilled on
and in it.<br>
<br>
I know some people use them for stopwatches. That's still a problem<br>
because they can take up too much of the limited space and if
running<br>
on the battery you don't want them to lose power and then have all<br>
your stopwatches disappear. Same for your phones. Charge them up<br>
before coming to lab tomorrow.<br>
<br>
This applies to tablets as well.<br>
<br>
Dr. Zellmer
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