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The Ongoing Step--Log Book . Throughout your project you should keep a log book, or journal. . You should keep a log while doing your experiment which records what you did each day of your experiment. This log should be displayed with your project at the fair. . Example log books are attached to the packet. . Write down every detail of your experiment including going to the store to buy materials or researching your topic. . The log book should be handwritten and in a notebook. . Please make sure your name is not visible on the log book. . Please make sure there are tabs. . An example of everything you need in your logbook is on step 5 in your packet. . Example: Day 1: Today I chose the problem for my experiment. . Day 2: Today I looked up background information. This is what I found: . Day 3: I chose my variables. . The IV(Independent Variable) is: . The DV (Dependant Variable) is: . My constants are: . My control is: (if you have one) . Day 4: Today I planted my plants. (Add details of what you planted and how deep, etc.) LOG BOOK What is a LOG BOOK? . All entries in the LOG BOOK should be dated--A MUST! WHAT GOES IN A LOG BOOK? The Following Are Suggestions about WHAT MIGHT GO IN THE LOG BOOK. The first five topics in the log book should have a separate page for each. 1. PAGE ONE TITLE PAGE 2. PAGE TWO TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 3. PAGE THREE QUESTION YOU WISH TO ANSWER OR PROBLEM YOU WISH TO SOLVE 4. PAGE FOUR BACKGROUND INFORMATION A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESEARCH ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM. 5. PAGE FIVE HYPOTHESIS 6. DAILY JOURNAL BEGIN YOUR DAILY JOURNAL ON PAGE SIX OF YOUR LOG BOOK. EACH DAY YOU DO WORK ON YOUR EXPERIMENT, WRITE IN THE JOURNAL SECTION WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. SET UP AS FOLLOWS: Novemeber 5, 2006 Day 1 Today my parents took me to the Arnold Library to look for books about Science experiments. We found 2 books. The names of the books were ................ AS YOU ARE WRITING YOUR DAILY NOTES, YOU CAN ALSO DRAW CHARTS AND GRAPHS, DESIGNS ABOUT HOW YOUR PROJECT IS GOING TO WORK AND DO MATHMATICAL CALCULATIONS. THE GOAL OF THE LOG BOOK IS TO CREATE A NEAT AND ORGANIZED RECORD OF THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. tHE MORE NOTES, FIGURES AND DRAWINGS ADDED WILL HELP SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
7. DISCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENT. This would be a good place to put the planning calendar to show how long you feel each step of the experiment will take. 8. MATERIALS LIST 9. PROCEDURE This is a detailed, step by step account of what you are doing during the experiment stage of the project. Each day you do work on the project, explain each step. Focus on the Variables. Describe the Variables. Indepenent Variable, Constant Conditions, Controls. 10. GRAPHS, CHARTS AND TABLES NEAT, ORGANIZED, WELL DRAWN. HAND DRAWN VERSIONS OF WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCIENCE BOARD, PLUS ANY EXTRA GRAPHS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT CANNOT FIT ON THE BOARD. 11. RESULTS 12. CONCLUSION 13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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