"What do YOU want in a Lab Write-up?"
This is the question that you must be prepared to answer when the students are about to begin their
first lab. Do you want a formal lab book the students must use for all labs or do you want your labs done on loose leaf paper?
Do you want labs hand-written or typed? What do you want included in the report - purpose, materials,procedure, data, calculations,
analysis, sources of error, conclusion?
In the past I have required a hard cover lab book for my Chemistry 12 students. I now leave this for the
Profs at university who have lab markers and don't have to drag 50 lab book home on a regular basis. As for hand-written or
typed, I usually allow the students to decide.
Some sites that provide instructions for writing lab reports that you and your students can
refer to are:
