The new lab

OK, it's time to start thinking about your lab write-up.  This will ultimately be due next week some time, after you've had some class time to work on it.  Here is what your lab will need:

1.  Introduction - with purpose and discussion of the "problem" - this is more than just the purpose.  Give some background to what you are trying to do/measure.  We're talking about a couple of introductory paragraphs or so.
2.  Detailed equipment list
3.  Detailed procedure, as you did it - make sure that a total stranger can follow your method.
4.  Data table - with all calculations done
5.  Graphs, if relevant
6.  Sample of calculation - you need to do them all, but you only need to SHOW one sample
7.  Discussion of error - the things that you really can not control
8.  Discussion of other errors - things that could conceivably be eliminated (and how to do so)
9.  Discussion of how close you are to the accepted value of g (9.8 m/s/s) - percent error.
10.  General concluding remarks

It is ok to have 7-9 in one large section.