1. Science Fair Logbooks

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Teams
Each member of a team must have their own logbook.

5. Setting up a Logbook

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

7. Step 2
Number every page in order at the upper corner along the outside edge of the pages. 24 25

8. Step 3
Leave Page 2 blank.

9. 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

10. Step 5
Leave Page 4 blank.

11. 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…)

12. 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.).

13. 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.

14. 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+)

15. 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

16. 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.).

17. 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.