The reports you write and submit, even though they are based on the experimental work of the group, must be your own work. You must keep in mind that the notebook should be written in ink and alterations affected by drawing a single line through what you wish to have ignored and rewriting new observations, etc. below or next to that which was crossed out. Notes on scraps of paper are too easily lost or confused with other things to be of lasting value and your grade for technique will suffer if the laboratory instructor observes that bad habit forming. You will be given forms to evaluate your peers in the middle and at the end of the course. Anonymous evaluation of the course and the instructor can bemade at any time by filling out the form to be found here and on a different form at the end of the term.
Comments concerning course improvement are welcome at any time and in any format.
Details on preparation of oral and written reports are given in the laboratory manual. The weekly report is a summary of your progress and will be typed up and handed in by noon of the day following the laboratory class. If you have more than two unauthorized absences, the instructor may encourage you to withdraw from the course. In any event, each of you will have the opportunity to evaluate the members of your group at the end of each project. Please make every effort to show consideration for those who are staying with the course.