Q1: An example of an appropriate date and title would be:

• Experiment 3   15th Feb
• Analysis of Lemonade   Anna Lysis   30th October 2012
• To determine the citric acid concentration (via titriation) and sugar content (via density measurements) of a commercial lemonade beverage

Q2: Experimental details can be in the form of:

• A write up on a scrap piece of paper
• A write up in your lab book
• A write up in your partners lab book- Even if you are working as a pair, you each need to independently record your own written account of the experiment, for you to be able to refer to when you write up the experiment and also for assessment purposes.
• Your lab script, because there is no need to write it down at all because it is written down in the lab script and it can be annotated

Q3: Experimental details can be:

• Written as bullet points or paragraphs
• Drawn in pictures
• Cut out of the lab script and glued into your lab book

Q4: When writing experimental details you must:

• Write in third person and in past tense
• Write "I" for every procedure you carry out and use present tense
• Ignore grammar and tense as this is not important in a scientific report
• Write in second person and address the reader directly

Q5: Results can be:

• Written on your glove
• Remembered in your head
• Written in your lab book
• Shouted across the lab to your colleague to write them in your book

Q6: Results should include:

• Only your measurements
• Only your error estimates
• Measurements and error estimates
• A description of how you got the results

Q7: If you feel the results you are obtaining are utter hooey you should:

• Copy them from a colleague
• Modify them to improve your results and to fit your theory
• Use your own results and reference results from other colleagues (if appropriate AND ONLY AFTER you have the Lab Managers permission to do so)
• Give up and go home

Q8: When obtaining spectra you must:

• Print out a copy (since this way you don't need to record/remember the filename since it will be written on the top of the printout)
• Write down key values only (since this is all you need)
• Record the file name and the contents of the file in your lab book