Research Notebooks¶

For a good idea of why you are doing research notebooks, read Chapter 9 of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig(1974)

TODO: add the scanned in examples

Cover/spine¶

• Class Name
• Your Name
• Your Email
• Optional: Your phone number

How to use properly and professionally¶

• Never tear out pages
• Always use pen
• If you make a mistake:
  • Cross it out but make sure you can read what was there
  • Put your initials on the crossout

Each day you use it¶

• Top corner
  • Date
  • Page numbers starting at the beginning of the book
  • You can start with I and II if you want an index, then 1,2,3..
• Last page
  • Draw horizontal line and sign it
  • Get someone else nearby to also sign it
  • Cross of the rest of the page

What goes into it? (What am I being graded on)¶

• Everything you are thinking about related to the class
• Information on particular assignments
• Things you find on the internet (printed out and staple or tape)
• Results of experiments
• Talking to people about ideas
• Sketches (must have text/labels to explain what it is)