Hudson School Lab Template

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Rusty Laracuenti
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A lab template with many preloaded packages, a built in grade summary, and many custom commands for instructors.
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\documentclass{article} % Especially this!
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\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=1.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos, color=orange!50]{todonotes}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[numbers, square]{natbib}
\usepackage{fancybox}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}
\usepackage{multicol}



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%\newcommand{\new}{Old command or text}

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% \clarity{points}{comment} >>> "Clarity of Writing"	%
% \other{points}{comment}	>>> "Other"					%
% \spelling{comment}		>>> "Spelling"				%
% \units{comment}			>>> "Units"					%
% \english{comment}			>>> "Syntax and Grammer"	%
% \source{comment}			>>> "Sources"				%
% \concept{comment}			>>> "Concept"				%
% \missing{comment}			>>> "Missing Content"		%
% \maths{comment}			>>> "Math"					%
% \terms{comment}			>>> "Science Terms"			%
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\setlength{\marginparwidth}{3.4cm}


% NEW COUNTERS
\newcounter{points}
\setcounter{points}{100}
\newcounter{spelling}
\newcounter{english}
\newcounter{units}
\newcounter{other}
\newcounter{source}
\newcounter{concept}
\newcounter{missing}
\newcounter{math}
\newcounter{terms}
\newcounter{clarity}
\newcounter{late}

% COMMANDS

\newcommand{\late}{\todo{late submittal (-5)}
\addtocounter{late}{-5}
\addtocounter{points}{-5}}

\definecolor{pink}{RGB}{255,182,193}
\newcommand{\hlp}[2][pink]{ {\sethlcolor{#1} \hl{#2}} }

\definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{0.668, 0.805, 0.929}
\newcommand{\hlb}[2][myblue]{ {\sethlcolor{#1} \hl{#2}} }

\newcommand{\clarity}[2]{\todo[color=CornflowerBlue!50]{CLARITY of WRITING(#1) #2}\addtocounter{points}{#1}
\addtocounter{clarity}{#1}}

\newcommand{\other}[2]{\todo{OTHER(#1) #2} \addtocounter{points}{#1} \addtocounter{other}{#1}}

\newcommand{\spelling}{\todo[color=CornflowerBlue!50]{SPELLING (-1)} \addtocounter{points}{-1}
\addtocounter{spelling}{-1}}
\newcommand{\units}{\todo{UNITS (-1)} \addtocounter{points}{-1}
\addtocounter{units}{-1}}

\newcommand{\english}{\todo[color=CornflowerBlue!50]{SYNTAX and GRAMMAR (-1)} \addtocounter{points}{-1}
\addtocounter{english}{-1}}

\newcommand{\source}{\todo{SOURCE(S) (-2)} \addtocounter{points}{-2}
\addtocounter{source}{-2}}
\newcommand{\concept}{\todo{CONCEPT (-2)} \addtocounter{points}{-2}
\addtocounter{concept}{-2}}

\newcommand{\missing}[2]{\todo{MISSING CONTENT (#1) #2} \addtocounter{points}{#1}
\addtocounter{missing}{#1}}

\newcommand{\maths}{\todo{MATH (-1)} \addtocounter{points}{-1}
\addtocounter{math}{-1}}
\newcommand{\terms}{\todo[color=CornflowerBlue!50]{SCIENCE TERMS (-1)} \addtocounter{points}{-1}
\addtocounter{terms}{-1}}


\newcommand{\summary}[1]{
\begin{mdframed}[nobreak=true]
\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
\vspace{0.5cm}
\begin{center}
\Large{Grade Summary} \hrule 
\end{center} \vspace{0.5cm}
General Comments: #1

\vspace{0.5cm}
Possible Points \dotfill 100 \\
Points Lost (Late Submittal) \dotfill \thelate \\
Points Lost (Science Terms) \dotfill \theterms \\
Points Lost (Syntax and Grammar) \dotfill \theenglish \\
Points Lost (Spelling) \dotfill \thespelling \\
Points Lost (Units) \dotfill \theunits \\
Points Lost (Math) \dotfill \themath \\
Points Lost (Sources) \dotfill \thesource \\
Points Lost (Concept) \dotfill \theconcept \\
Points Lost (Missing Content) \dotfill \themissing \\
Points Lost (Clarity of Writing) \dotfill \theclarity \\
Other \dotfill \theother \\[0.5cm]
\begin{center}
\large{\textbf{Grade:} \fbox{\thepoints}}
\end{center}
\end{minipage}
\end{mdframed}}

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%To use symbols for footnotes
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
%To change footnotes back to numbers uncomment the following line
%\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}

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% \everymath{\displaystyle}

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\title{
\normalfont \normalsize 
\textsc{The Hudson School, Hoboken, New Jersey \\ 
Course, Semester and Year} \\
[10pt] 
\rule{\linewidth}{0.5pt} \\[6pt] 
\huge Title of Lab Experiment \\
\rule{\linewidth}{2pt}  \\[10pt]
}
\author{Your Name}
\date{\normalsize Date Submitted}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\noindent
Date Performed \dotfill December 31, 1999 \\
Partners \dotfill Full Name \\
Instructor \dotfill Instructor's Name \\

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% WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CODE WONT COMPILE
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\section{Purpose}
 
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\section{Hypothesis}





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\section {Materials}

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\section {Procedure}
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\section {Data}
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\section {Discussion}
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\subsection{Definitions}
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\subsection{Results}
% State your main discovery based on the experimental data.






\subsection{Questions}
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\subsection{Critique}
% Discuss precision of measurements and instruments.
% Suggest improvements for future labs.







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\section{Conclusion}
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%\nocite{ref_num}
%\nocite{zhixiong_modelling_2015}


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%\newpage
%\summary{}

\summary{\hl{Yellow} highlights are teacher additions. \hlp{Pink} highlights are errors. Language related issues in\hlb{blue color}. Compare yellow additions to your PDF version.}

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\end{document} % NOTHING AFTER THIS LINE IS PART OF THE DOCUMENT
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