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Keith, indeed many students behave themselves poorly in labs.  It is a
sign of the times and definitely has an impact on how I teach a lab.  I
have a class of younger students, a few of whom tend to throw anything
around the class that is non-lethal.  I certainly do take individual
disciplainary  action when they misbehave, but, as you say, catching them
is the problem.  I have the same arrangement as you, but I don't see how
even a separate lab area, even if it were available, would help in a
situation like this.
        It's extra work to do it, but can you remove the more "tempting"
parts of the lab in between sessions when you aren't using them?  I have
a locking storage area, so I put everything like that on a cart and just
get it out of their way.  It eliminates 90% of the problem.  <<Joe>>

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             Joseph F. McLaughlin, Physics
   Brentwood High School,  Brentwood (Pittsburgh), PA
johnmcl+@pitt.edu (Pitt got it wrong- it's Joe, not John!)
           (formerly jxm39@psuvm.psu.edu)