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
• 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 - Your lab-book is a legal record and as such must be where your results are recorded. Plus you may forget or mis-remember the results before you have a chance to record them
• 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