APPENDIX III 



BIOLOGY NOTE-BOOKS 



Method of Recording Laboratory Observations. In preparing 

 note-book records of laboratory observations or experiments, 

 home work, or field trips, the teacher should insist, so far as possible, 

 that pupils give in clear, concise English a complete account of the 

 work that has been done. Students should be careful to state the 

 purpose of the experiment, and describe the preparation of the ex- 

 periment. He should indicate whether the work was done by him- 

 self or by some one else. The results observed should be sharply 

 distinguished from the conclusions derived from observation. 

 Pupils might well use as paragraph titles the section titles printed 

 in heavy face type (e.g. Carbon, Oxygen, etc.). On pp. 182-183 are 

 two accounts of the same experiments that were photographed from 

 the note-books of two different pupils. The method of writing up 

 an experiment shown in Fig. 88 is suggested for accounts that are 

 written in the laboratory ; that in Fig. 89, for accounts written at 

 home. 



Drawings. In making drawings pupils should be supplied with 

 sharp-pointed pencils that are relatively hard. Clear outline draw- 

 ings should be insisted upon, and shading should as a rule not be 

 encouraged (Figs. 90, 91). The general title of the sheet of drawings 

 should be placed at the top of the sheet. When there are several 

 drawings on the same sheet, the general title should be placed at the 

 top, and the special title of each should be written just below the 

 individual drawing. In labeling, the dotted leaders may run in any 

 direction (see pp. 184-187), but they should not cross each other. 

 The labels, however, should all be written parallel to the top margin 



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