Medical Interventions · Unit 1

Laboratory Notebook Pages

Six dated entries for the outbreak circuit, in the PLTW laboratory format.

Course
Medical Interventions
Date
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Entries
6
Format
Purpose, procedure, data, analysis, conclusion
Ink
Permanent, no pencil
Errors
One line through, initial and date
Your charge today

A laboratory notebook is a dated record written while you work, not a report written afterwards. It is what lets another scientist repeat what you did and get what you got.

You turn in
  • Six entries, each with all five headings filled in.
  • One honesty line per entry.

Time: Written during the block.

Green ruleYou write here. Nothing else on the page is yours to fill in.
Gold groundGiven to you. Do not re-derive it. Controls and reference values live here.
Grey groundInstructions from Mr. Mendoza. Read before you start the step.
Red groundSafety. Read it before you touch any material.
SEC 1Entry 1: Narrowing by population evidence
Read this

Entry 1 records SEC 02. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 1 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of

SEC 2Entry 2: Serial dilution and the standard curve
Read this

Entry 2 records SEC 03. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 2 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of

SEC 3Entry 3: Gram stain and culture
Read this

Entry 3 records SEC 04. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 3 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of

SEC 4Entry 4: Gel electrophoresis
Read this

Entry 4 records SEC 05. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 4 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of

SEC 5Entry 5: BLAST identification
Read this

Entry 5 records SEC 06. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 5 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of

SEC 6Entry 6: Treatment, prognosis and my conclusion
Read this

Entry 6 records SEC 07. Head the page with today's date and the entry number before anything else. Every heading below is required.

Entry 6 · you complete this

Purpose. What question is this mini lab answering?

Procedure. What I actually did, in my own words, including anything I changed.

Data and observations. Numbers with units, and what I saw.

Analysis. What the data means, including the graph if there was one.

Conclusion. The claim, the evidence for it, and the limit on it.

Honesty line · required

What went wrong, or what I am still unsure of