Final Grades

Please submit your lab reports and download the corrections using Netscape Mail. Save documents in Word 6 (or below) or RTF.

To use Netscape Mail on a shared computer,
1. Open Netscape.
   
2. Go to "Mail and News Preferences" under the "Options" menu. Set the "Servers" and "Identity" sections with your information. Be sure that under "Organizations", the remember password box is NOT checked.
   
3. Click on the envelope icon at the bottom of the page to get into the mail routine.
4. To attach documents, use the attach command under the "File" menu. Click on "attach file" in the dialog box and select the document(s) you wish to transfer.
   
5. Any attached document will appear as a box in the e-mail message. Click on the box and the file will be transferred, translated, and saved onto your disk.


The report for experiment #23 should consist of a short abstract (less than 200 words), an experimental section, and supporting information. The supporting information should include your spectra and all other raw data and a brief analysis of the data.

You may work with your lab partner on the analysis of data but the write-up must be your own. Include your partner's name. Submit the lab report to me by attaching the document to e-mail and the supporting information to your TA in lab.

Reports for experiments #1 - 19 should be in the format of a full paper to J. Am. Chem. Soc. and include an abstract, introduction, results, discussion, conclusion, experimental section, references, and supporting information.

I will check the composition aspects of the report, make corrections and return it to you. After you make any necessary changes, you will return the report to me and I will give you a grade for scientific writing. I will then pass it on to the assigned TA and he will grade the science.

Check the information page for specific information on grading of laboratory reports. Each lab report, except the final project, is worth 100 points.


Scientific Writing:
Direct usage/ strong verbs.................................10 points
Correct grammar/spelling/hypenation.................10 points
Correct format.................................................10 points
Clarity and conciseness.....................................10 points
Correct use of abbreviations/lack of slang...........10 points


Experimental Content:
Yield and purity of product...............................10 points
Quality of data.................................................10 points
Analysis of data...............................................10 points
Sufficient detail in the write-up..........................10 points
Significant figures/computations.........................10 points

Check the experiments page for helpful information. This will be frequently updated throughout the semester. If you have any advice for other students on a particular experiment, send it to me.

• Hong Chang Liang
• Douglas Pool

• Jesse Jefferis
• Jonathan Breitzer

• Dean Goedde
• Douglas Pool

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