For each lab, the journals and reports must be stapled together and turned in to your TA at the beginning of lab session the week after the experiment is done. (See Lab and Report Due Dates.) You will be penalized for late reports. (See Late policy.)

1. Date, your name, your partner's name
2. Purpose of the lab and background information
3. Experimental setup and procedures: e.g., a list of equipment, a sketch of the set up, and what is being measured.
4. Accurate recording of all the data taken, including units.
5. Preliminary data analysis: Check to see whether your numbers are consistent. Make graphs following the lab manual and your TA's instruction to see whether your results make sense. It is important that you do this in lab so that you can correct any mistakes before you go home and try to write up your report.
6. Preliminary conclusions.
7. A pledge that the journal has not been altered since leaving the lab room. No pledge, no points.

• The journals should be clear and legible.
• Do not erase or white out any mistakes. Cross them out so that both the original numbers and the corrected ones are legible.
• At the end of each lab section, your TA will check whether your journal includes item (1) and (5) above and grade them for maximum one (1) point.
• Each turned-in lab journal will be graded out of 4 points maximum.

1. A coversheet with the lab's title, your name, your partner's name, the date, and the TA's name and section number.
2. Motivation of the experiment
3. Summary of the results. Do not repeat the entire table of data in your journal, but do include average numerical results and standard deviations. Include error estimates, appropriate formulae, and graphs. Summarize the results in the text and attach all graphs and tables in the back. Make sure you number your graphs and tables clearly, e.g. Figure 1 and Table 1.
4. Answers to questions from the lab manual and to additional questions asked by your TA.
5. Interpretations of and conclusions drawn from your results.
6. A pledge that the report is your own work. No pledge, no points.

• The reports must be clear and legible. Type written preferred.
• Page limit will be strictly enforced. You will be penalized if you exceed the page limit. Remember: graphs and tables should be attached at the end and are not counted towards page limit.
• Graphs and tables should be properly numbered and referred to in the text of the report.
• Do not repeat the experimental procedures in the lab manual. A brief summary of what was done is fine, but not required. Keep in mind the page limit.