A written Pre-lab is sometimes a required assignment for a given lab. Without a prelab, you can not go into the lab with the class to collect the data and you will either need to come before or after school the next day to make up the lab or will be given data for a point deduction.
PARTS OF A PRE-LAB
In the section at the top of the first page in the space provided:
Name (on subsequent pages, you may put your initials).
Partners (only necessary on the first page of a given lab )
Date (every page dated accurately -- this is a journal)
See the individual pages for help with each of the sections below: