- Try out your lab account (change original password into one
you can remember).
- Exchange contact information with your lab partner.
- Save your files on the desktop and keep a backup for
yourself.
- Submit ONE report per group
- Each group should have at least two members and at most
three members.
- Download the Cover Page and
Summary Page
and insert them into your lab report Word document.
- Your lab rep should include one coverage PER group member.
Each cover page should be exactly the same copy including all members
information.
- There should only be ONE summary page per report.
- Date the lab report with the DUE DATE.
- Lab reports should be submitted the in the brown Math 121
box in room GMCS 422.
- Copy and paste all questions of each lab into your Word
document. Insert the cover pages at the beginning and the summary page
at the end.
- Answer each part of each problem underneath the
corresponding question question with complete phrases.
- Graphs should be clear in all ways possible.
- Choose appropriate colors for background
- Scale axis accordingly
- Labels should be readable.
- Resize the graph once inserted into the Word doc so that
they are at least 3 inches height vs. 4 inches width.
- When graphing a function, you should use about 50 points
from the spreadsheet. (This will automatically occur if you take
advantage of the graphing template.) An obvious exception is when you
are graphing straight lines.
- Grid your graphs with both horizontal and vertical grids,
so that you have good references with which to compare.
- When using the Trendline function, you will always want to
use the option of putting the equation on the chart, but we do not want
to see the R2 value for this course. Most of the time you
will need to edit the equation after Excel has put it on your graph.
Most of the time you will need to convert the coefficients in front of
the variables to scientific notation with 2-4 decimal places of
accuracy. (Excel likes to round off the most significant digits found
for the mathematical models.) In addition, you will want to change the
default x and y to the variables that are in your problem.
- If you are uncertain of what is being requested, then be
sure to ask! One guideline of how your graphs should appear is for you
to try to get them to look like the ones in my lecture notes. Another
source is the Sample Lab or in
the future you can check the solutions to lab problems after they
appear on the web.
Hopefully, the list above will make it clear what is expected
of your laboratory reports. I believe that the skills you develop in
the lab will be the most important ones that you will take with you
from this course.