8 FIRST YEAR COURSE IN GENERAL SCIENCE 



the pupil's .name, and the number of the exercise. Below 

 should be written the subject of the exercise. The remainder 

 of the page may be occupied by an outline drawing of ap- 

 paratus used. On the second page should be copied the 

 directions for work, and below them, the record of observa- 

 tions. This record must be made by the pupil while in- the 

 laboratory, not afterward from memory. Observations 

 include what he sees, hears, feels, or smells, that is, what 

 comes to him through the senses. The pupil should be 

 thinking while he is observing, but need not take time then 

 to- tell what he thinks. That can be done later; perhaps 

 in the laboratory after his desk is in order, perhaps in the 

 classroom the next day, or at home. He need not then try 

 to recall what happened, because he has the record of ob- 

 servations to consult. 



Results. The results of the experiment may be given in 

 various forms: as answers to questions upon the work; 

 or the working of a problem from measurements made in 

 the laboratory; or an explanation based upon previous 

 study of the subject; or, better still, a statement of what 

 the pupil has thought about the experiment. The textbook 

 may be consulted in answering questions on the " result" 

 page. 



It is best to write the results on the third page opposite 

 the laboratory record, which can be consulted in answering 

 questions. The fourth page of the sheet may be used for 

 observations for which there is not room on page two, for 

 " trial" work on problems, and for long mathematical work 

 in cases where only the indication of processes is needed on 

 the " result" page. 



Composition. Attention should be given to penmanship 

 and English. Illegible and inaccurate reports are not good 

 work in science any more than in language or mathematics. 

 Avoid the use of / as the subject. Let some apparatus or 

 material be the subject and use its name instead of referring 



