Pre Laboratory Writing Assignment 

The student should complete two assignments before coming to the laboratory discussion.   The first is a pre laboratory writing assignment that will be required for most of the laboratory assignments.     The pre writing assignment may consist of up to three parts:   a purpose statement of what the objectives of the assignment are, a theory paragraph containing background and an understanding of why we are completing this assignment and finally, a summary paragraph of the procedure explaining how the assignment will be completed.   

The student should complete a pre laboratory writing assignment for Experiment 6 that contains a purpose statement and a summary paragraph of the procedure explaining how the assignment will be completed and a list of the data that must be collected while performing this experiment. 

A pre writing assignment is included in the example of a formal laboratory report at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGBPJS3VqNME4cKDrR50HqqrIYZt0sZ9UCg6IrS3MDk  

This assignment will only be accepted before the laboratory session begins.  No late assignments will be accepted.

Pre laboratory assignment

The Pre laboratory problems are questions about the laboratory assignment, background, definitions or procedure and calculations. These problems should be completed BEFORE coming to the class where the assignment will be discussed.

Post Laboratory Problems and Conclusion paragraph

The Post Laboratory Problems and  Conclusion paragraph assignment contain questions that determine your understanding of the laboratory assignment. 

While the conclusion paragraph is a summary of what you learned in the assignment.   The conclusion paragraph should not just be "this is what I learned" statement but a summary of the assignment, analysis of the data and results of the assignment and critical thinking about what was learned and why it is important.   The RERUN method is used to prepare a conclusion paragraph