notebooks, reports, graphing, etc.

[robert zellmer]

I believe Tyler Weaver, sent an e-mail about lab and some of the things 
below so
some of this you should already be aware of.  I've still received some 
questions
concerning the notebooks, reports, etc.,  I decided to send something to 
everyone.

1)  You can find a number of useful things on my course web page at
       the link below.  I have several helpful links there about the lab
       and information about each exp.  Many of the exps have changed
       since last Spring so I'm still in the process of updating things.

*Laboratory* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/lab_1220.htm>

2)  You can find useful information concerning the lab, including some 
of the
      links below, at the following departmental link

https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/1220/

3) For those of you who haven't done it yet, you should have your 
notebook prepared.
     Take a look at the syllabus and the following link for an idea of 
what should be in there,

*Chem Lab Notebook - Departmental Guidelines for Lab Notebooks* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labnotebook/>

     If you took 1210 you may have looked at this material or something 
similar. If you didn't
     take 1210 you want to look at the link.  It discusses what should 
be in the notebook and
     has a pretty good example of a good notebook, both before and after 
lab.

     The next link shows an example I did for the first 2 steps from the 
lab manual for an
     old exp.  It's just a simple example

*My Suggestions for Writing a Notebook Procedure* 
<https://cbc-wb01x.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/notebook_proc_1220.pdf>

Someone with a reasonable understanding of chemistry should be able to 
pick up your
     notebook and be able to follow what you've done and repeat the 
experiment just from the
     notebook w/o the manual.

4) Most of the reports are FULL reports .

     If you want to know what a FULL report is look at the following two 
links,

*Chem Lab Report - Departmental Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labreport/>

*Lab Report Format - My Lab Report Outline* 
<https://cbc-wb01x.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/chem1220_sample_lab_report.pdf>

         The first link is from the department and explains what should 
be in each section
         of a report and has a link to an example at the bottom of the 
page.  The 2nd one
         is my summary of what it should look like with what should be 
in each section.
         The Word template on Carmen will help with this as well in 
terms of the order and
         such.  My example pretty much just tells you what should be in 
each section.

     a) The procedure section in the report is simply a bibliographic 
reference unless
         you made any changes.  Any changes you make should go in this 
section below
         the bibliographic reference.  Otherwise, we do NOT want any 
details of the
         procedure in the report.  These should NOT be in the Discussion 
section either.

5) Each week you must have your notebook prepared when you walk into lab.
     The TA will come around the lab in the first 10 minutes or so and 
check to
     see if you have the notebook prepared.  If not you can loose 
points, the number
     of which you lose depends on what you have done.

     Any data you take in lab or anything you do related to the exp 
should go *in*
*the notebook*.  Do *NOT *write in the manual or on another sheet of paper
     (even if your intent is to copy it to the notebook later). Points 
will be deducted
     for this.

     Record values to the correct sig. fig. and include units.  Use 
tables when possible.
     Tables are often the best way to present data.

     Always in *PEN*.  If you make a mistake put a single line through 
it and write the
     correct data next to it.  Do not scribble over the mistake and do 
not use whiteout.

     The TA will grade your notebook (worth 5 pts) and tell you how to 
improve it.

     Pretend like I'm your boss and we've been working on the most important
     discovery since the creation of the universe.  You are the one 
doing a lot of
     the experiments and taking data.  You leave for the day and get hit 
by a bus.
     If you haven't recorded everything you've done in your notebook and 
its not
     easy to follow and figure out what you've done I won't be able to 
repeat your
     important work.  Remember, I can't ask you what you did because you 
were
     hit by a bus.  There's all that work down the drain.  You won't get 
recognized
     by your peers or win the Noble Prize because you didn't keep a proper
     notebook.  That would be terrible (almost as bad as getting hit by 
the bus).

     There's also performance points (5 pts).  This means using the 
correctequipment,
     using it correctly, following directions, using the procedure in 
your notebook and
     not the manual, etc.

6) Exp 1 (SOL) help

     a)  Go to the "Helpful Tidbits" link on my class web page (not 
Carmen) and you will
         find a link for exp 1 (SOL) which should help with the lab 
itself and the report.  Hopefully
         you read it before doing the on-line data entry, going to lab 
and then again before writing
         the report.

*Helpful Tidbits for 1220* 
<http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/faq/faq_1220.htm>

     d)  You can find examples of good graphs at the link below.  The 
first graph doesn't
         take up the full page since I had to shrink it so I could write 
on it.  The 2nd graph
         shows an example when you have more than one set of data 
plotted.   You can
         bring the legend inside the graph area to allow the graph to 
spread out and occupy
         the whole page.  You don't need a legend when there's only one 
set of data plotted
         (as for graph 2 in exp 1).  You do not need grid lines for most 
of the graphs this semester.

*Sample Graphs* <http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/sample_graphs.pdf>

         There's also a link you can use to help get you started with 
Excel if you've never
         used it before.  It's a simple example for a density graph. Go 
to the following link
         and you will find this, along with other useful links.

*Using MS Excel for Reports* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/excel/excel.htm>

         Many of my examples use an older version of Excel (Excel 
2003).  I have a link
         explaining the major differences between it and the newer 
versions.  Again, click tabs,
         right-click, etc. and explore what it can do and where to find 
things.  Look at the
         links for my exp "14" example using Excel.  This is an old exp 
which we are not
         presently doing.  It shows how to do a lot of things in Excel 
like calculations, more
         graphing more than one data set on a graph, etc.  There's also 
a short video for using
         Excel for exp 1 in the pre-lab.  I believe you can watch it 
again by going to "Feedback"
         at the departments 1220 lab page, which you accessed for the 
Gatekeeper quiz.


I hope this and my on-line help file address the majority of your 
questions.  If not ask.

Dr. Zellmer
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