1. SOP
Notebook
Lab Report (publication)
“Standard Operating Procedure”
(official “recipe” to be followed. Must be pasted/copied in the lab notebook).
Detailed, personal, handwritten account of the experiment. What, how, when and who.
Notebook rules apply.
Formal write-up. Uses formal headings and past tense. Full sentences only.

2. Lab REPORT Headings Title, name, date Introduction
Some background information
Brief summary of the experiment
Materials and Methods
Cite SOP and note any changes
List materials and their sources
Can cite final concentrations used
Results
In table or graph format if possible (tables and graphs need to be named and numbered)
Describe what was seen
Discussion
What do the results mean?
Reasons for whatever went wrong/what would you do different, next?
References
Numbered in list; (number) in text OK ; use MLA, APA, or CBE style

3. Lab NOTEBOOK Do’s: Bound (NOT loose leaf), pre-numbered Note WHAT:
Procedure (SOP)
Results (any observations)
HOW:
Deviations from procedure
WHEN:
Date every page in longhand
Date late entries
WHO:
Name all participants
Initial every page and late entry

4. NOTEBOOK Do’s, cont’d Use black ink (blue OK in this class)
Record your data in first person
Title your study
Do all calculations in your notebook, or attach scratch paper, data strips, etc.
Be thorough enough to allow reconstruction
Void blank spaces and “scratch paper areas” with lines
Never obscure
(keep xeroxed/electronic copy elsewhere)