lab, notebook, reports, etc.

[robert zellmer]

I've been getting questions from students about due dates and such.
Most, if not all of these questions can be answered by reading the
syllabus and my previous e-mails and the links I sent or on my
web page.  Here's a few things.

1)  Beginning of Lab:

     a) Put your goggles on when you enter lab.

     b) Reports are turned in during the first 5 minutes before the
         video starts.  After that they will be considered late.

     c) Open your notebook to the exp you'll be working on.  The
          TA will come down the rows while the video is playing
          to check if your notebook is prepared.  If it is not, they
          will deduct the appropriate points.  If less than 1/2 the
          procedure is written you will lose 5 pts.

     d) Videos start 5 min after the start of lab.  If you come in after
          the start of the video the TA may send you to 170 CE to watch
          it in full.  This will cost you time and you may then not finish
          the exp.  We won't give extra time to finish due to this.

          The drawers remain closed until the video is finished.  You are
          not to work on anything until the video is finished and after the
          TA has given you instructions.

2) During Lab:

     a) The TA will check your notebook again more closely.  They will
         deduct points if it isn't readable and easy to follow and for 
missing
         units and incorrect sig. fig.

     b) Clean up after yourself, particularly in the balance room.

3) End of Lab:

     a) Properly dispose of your waste in the correct waste hoods. After
         disposing of your waste in the large beakers in the hoods rinse 
your
         beakers a couple of times into the large beaker.  Record your total
         volume.

     b) Clean up your area.  TAs will deduct pts if you don't.

     c) Sign your notebook.  Have your TA sign and date the notebook.
         If you aren't finished make sure you let the TA know.  They will
         write Incomplete on the last page.

         Make sure you tear out the carbons and give them to the TA,
         even if you didn't finish.  If you don't give the TAs your carbons
         you will have to redo the exp.  You don't want to fall behind.

4) Reports:

     a) Make sure you have a cover page.  This is part of the report.
         If not present the TA will deduct points.

     b) Make sure you've attached the rubric as the last page.  If this 
is not
         present the TA will deduct points.

     c) Staple ALL the pages together.  Make sure all the pages are 
lined up in
         the upper left corner.  The report pages are smaller than 
regular paper so
         sometimes the staple will miss the corner of the report page 
allowing it to
         fall out.  We don't accept reports which aren't stapled, 
although the TA
         doesn't always have the time to check. There's usually a 
stapler in the lab.
         If you don't staple the pages and any are lost it's not the TAs 
fault.

     There's links on Carmen about reports and I have an example stating 
essentially
     what should be in each section.  I've e-mailed these links previously.

5) Graded Reports should be returned to you within a week after being 
submitted.
     If you've gone more than two weeks w/o getting your graded report 
and the
     grade is not in Carmen please e-mail the lab supervisor e-mail 
address.  This
     doesn't necessarily apply to a report which isn't submitted during 
the "normal"
     period.  TAs generally try to grade the reports for current 
experiments and
     sometimes extraneous reports get set aside.  Even so, let me or 
Nathan (assistant
     lab supervisor) know by e-mailing the lab supervisor address.

Dr. Zellmer