Lab Expectations

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Lab Expectations

• Mr. Benedict

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Who?

• Everybody MUST satisfactorily complete the New
  York State lab requirement for Living Environment.

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What?

• Lab is one class per week.
• Lab is separate and different from class.

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Where?

• Check your schedule to see what room your lab is
  in.
• You may or may not be in the same room as you
  have class. You may or may not have the same
  teacher for lab as you have for class.

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When?

• Lab is once a week. There are lab sections every
  day of the week, from Monday to Friday. Your day
  depends on what your schedule says.
• Lab reports are due once a week. THEY WILL
  ALWAYS BE DUE ON MONDAY, REGARDLESS OF THE DAY ON
  WHICH YOU HAVE LAB!!!!!!

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Why?

• Hands-on
• EVERYONE benefits from seeing material presented
  in multiple formats.
• Science is about experiments, so we are going to
  do some!
• Ohand New York will not let you take the Regents
  Exam if you have not completed the lab
  requirement. THIS IS NO JOKE! COMPLETE YOUR
  LABS ON TIME AND KEEP GRADED LABS IN YOUR
  PERSONAL LAB FOLDER ONLY!!

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How are labs graded?

• Lab grades will be 30 of your grade at any given
  time.
• UNLESS ANNOUNCED, labs each week should have a
  lab report with them (more to come on this).
• Punctuality is part of your lab grade. Labs
  turned in late lose 10 per day. 10 days late?

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How do I do a lab report?

• 3 parts
• 1. Paragraph (5 sentences) summarizing
• the lab. Should answer the following
• a. What do you think the purpose was?
• b. What important concepts did we
• cover?
• c. What did you do?
• TIPS Dont use pronouns, dont need to be very
  flowery, does not need to be very long, and cover
  ALL elements a-c.

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Lab Reports Part II

• 2. Bulleted LIST of three things that learned
  about biology. Be specific. May use pronouns
  here.
• Bad statement I learned how to use the
  microscope.
• This doesnt tell me if you learned anything.
• Good statement I learned that you have to use
  fine adjustment when viewing on high power so
  neither the slide nor microscope break.
• This is specific learning!

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Lab Reports Part III

• One statement that sums up the conclusions/results
  of the whole experiment.
• Ex Plants that make the most flowers will be
  most successful.
• OR
• The microscope is a critical tool for viewing
  tiny objects, but it is important to remember
  that it flips the specimen both upside down and
  backwards.