Science Fair Logbooks

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Science Fair Logbooks
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Keeping a Logbook

• One of the most important aspects of doing a
  science fair project is documentation.
• Every experiment should be reproducible and the
  entries in your notes should be sufficient for
  someone else to reproduce the experiment.

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Keeping a Logbook

• You will work out your thinking and the
  development of your problem in the notebook.
• The scientific notebook is a bound or spiral book
  with pages that are not removable.
• The validity of your documentation partly depends
  upon insuring the work has not been tampered with
  or pages removed.

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Teams

• Each member of a team must have their own logbook.

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Setting up a Logbook
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Step 1

• Write your name on the front cover of the
  logbook.
• On Page 1 write
• Your name
• Your partners name (if you are in a team)
• Title of your project
• Somerset Berkley Regional High School
• Teacher Mr. Croft

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Step 2

• Number every page in order at the upper corner
  along the outside edge of the pages.

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Step 3

• Leave Page 2 blank.

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Step 4

• On Page 3, write the Table of Contents
• Table of Contents
• Choosing a Project. Page 5
• Literary Research... Page
• Daily Log.... Page
• Experimental Research... Page

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Step 5

• Leave Page 4 blank.

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Step 6

• Choosing a Project Page 5
• Record all project ideas from the summer
  assignment and any submitted since then.
• For your accepted topic provide
• A summary of your topic
• Problem (in the form of a question)
• Hypothesis (If then)

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Step 7

• Literary Research
• Record any reference sources used for your
  research paper.
• Staple your research paper into this section.
• Leave a couple pages to include any future
  research that needs to be recorded (websites,
  books, notes, etc.).

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Step 8

• Daily Log
• Record what you do every time you work on your
  science fair project.
• Start each entry on a new page.
• Date each entry.

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Step 8

• Daily Log You can already add entries!
• Working on Summer Assignment (1-3)
• Submitting Science Fair Topics (1)
• Topic Approval (1)
• Working on Research Paper (2-3)

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Step 9

• Experimental Research last ¼ of the logbook
• Staple your procedure into the beginning of this
  section.
• This section includes
• Data
• Observations
• Graphs
• Analysis of your results after each trial

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General Guidelines

• Separate the sections of your logbook with
  adhesive tabs.
• Record everything - no detail is insignificant.
• Cross out mistakes with a single line (do not
  cover up the entire entry whiteout, marker,
  etc.).

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General Guidelines

• Tape, staple, or glue computer print-outs,
  photographs, etc. into the logbook.
• You should take pictures throughout the
  experimentation phase of your project for your
  logbook and display board.

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