Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

3b Student discussionAnswersThe logbook should be an honest record of what actually happened.3c Student discussionAnswersRequirement Should ShouldnotReasonsWrite in pen ✓ The logbook should be apermanent record.Write your name andcourse on the cover ofthe logbook✓Permanent, truthful record ofyour own work.Record the date andexperiment title atthe beginning of eachentryWrite neatly andclearly while theexperiment is going onWrite rough notes(using symbols andabbreviations) duringthe experiment andwrite them up neatlylater✓✓✓A chronological recordcould help shed light on thedevelopment of ideas or stepson the way to a discovery. Anexperiment may be composedof several different phasesconducted on different days.The record should be neatenough to read at a later date.Writing up later could lead toaccidental changes based onfaulty memory. The logbookshould be a record of whathappens, as it happens.Write in full sentences ✓ Unnecessary and timeconsuming. It’s a note book.Use a ruler to help youdraw any tables orgraphsTry to ‘fix’ strangeresults so they matchwhat you expectedChange informationwhich seems wrongafter you havewritten it✓✓✓The record should be neatenough to read at a later date.Using a ruler now helps toorganize the information andensure accuracy.Should be an honest record.Also, unexpected results maybe significant at a later date.Should be an honest record.Also, unexpected results maybe significant at a later date.Unit 1 Part C ∙ Investigating 23