Why Use a Laboratory Research Notebook in the Classroom? As educators, our job is to prepare our students for either further learning at a higher level facility, or for the career field they hope to enter. The science curriculum and subsequent career fields are areas where passion abounds. Though we may have a love for […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Science majors may be familiar with what a scientific notebook is and how it is used, but those taking science as a minor or elective may not be as familiar. It is a special notebook used to preserve data from experiments and the observations made throughout the experimentation process. All the entries in the notebook […]
Journaling Your Past for the Future Journals have been used for hundreds of years and for many reasons. For instance, the earliest known journals date back to 6 AD in China. In the 10th century, Japanese ladies used “pillow books,” which they kept in their bedrooms to record dreams in poetic or pictorial form. During […]
If you are taking your first science course or working in a laboratory for the first time, you may be unfamiliar with lab notebooks and how to fill them out. They serve an important purpose, and keeping good records is imperative, in the areas of science and research. Follow a few simple tips, and your […]
Help Your Student Prepare for a Science Career with the Right Notebooks If you have a high school or college level student who is pursuing an education that will support a career in science, or are a teacher of science at the high school or college level, there are some simple things you can do […]
When you do a research project at the graduate level, you have to look at it as a professional project, rather than another homework assignment. Not only does your research project require more in the way of in-depth research; it may be published by the school. This can lead to many professional opportunities for you, […]
Plan for the Details of Your New Engineering Project If you are working on a new engineering project, you are probably pretty excited to start this new endeavor. New projects are always fun, but if you don’t take the right steps, all that fun can cause you to destroy the fruits of your own labor. […]
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