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    Lab 1: Part 3: Notebooks
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## Lab 1: Part 3: Notebooks

In this course we use a teaching tool called Jupyter Notebooks. Notebooks are special documents that combine instruction with code examples that can be executed directly in the Notebook itself. This means we can tell you how something works *and* show you how it works at the same time.

<img src='notebook-screenshot@2x.png' style='max-width:600px' alt='Screenshot of a Notebook'>

Notebook files are typically bundled with a .zip folder you'll download for lectures, but for today's lab, we included the Notebook file with the lab contents you downloaded at the start of class.

To get started, __make sure Canopy is open__, as it's needed &ldquo;behind the scenes&rdquo; to run Notebooks.

Then, from your `Desktop/lab01` folder, locate the file `lab01.ipynb` and double click it...

<img src='finding-lab01-notebook@2x.png' style='max-width:780px;' alt='Finding lab01 notebook'>

...the Notebook should open in your web browser via a URL such as `http://localhost:8888/notebooks/Desktop/lab01/lab01.ipynb`.

<img src='notebook-screenshot@2x.png' style='max-width:600px' alt='Screenshot of a Notebook'>

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That's it! You can now read through the Notebook in your browser&mdash; this introductory Notebook includes instructions on how to run the code examples.

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