1. SCIENCE FAIR LOGBOOK FIRST LOGBOOK CHECK RUBRIC DUE DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 **TEST GRADE**

2. COMPOSITION BOOK IF YOU USE A BOUND COMPOSITION BOOK 8/8 POINTS IF YOU DO NOT USE A BOUND COMPOSITION BOOK 0/8 POINTS COMPOSITION BOOKS FOR SALE IN MEDIA CENTER FOR $1.00

3. TITLE PAGE COMPLETE INCLUDES TITLE OF PROJECT, YOUR NAME, TEACHER NAME, SCHOOL NAME, DATE 8/8 POINTS MISSING ONE COMPONENT LISTED ABOVE 7/8 POINTS MISSING MORE THAN ONE COMPONENT LISTED ABOVE 1-6 POINTS OUT OF 8 (DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ELEMENTS MISSING) MISSING COMPLETELY 0/8 POINTS

4. TABLE OF CONTENTS HAS BEEN BEGUN TABLE OF CONTENTS HAS ALL REQUIRED COMPONENTS MUST HAVE DESCRIPTIONS (HYPOTHESIS, MATERIALS, PROCEDURE) AND PAGE NUMBERS UP THROUGH ALL COMPLETED ITEMS (JOURNAL ENTRIES) 7-8 / 8 POINTS DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS TOC PAGE IS PRESENT, BUT NOT COMPLETE TO DATE 5-6 / 8 POINTS DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS TOC PAGE IS PRESENT, BUT NOT STARTED 2-4 / 8 POINTS DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS TOC PAGE IS MISSING 0-1 / 8 POINTS DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS

5. SAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE – PAGE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS – PAGE 2-3 PROBLEM/QUESTION – PAGE 4-5 HYPOTHESIS – PAGE 6-7 PROCEDURES – PAGE 8-20 JOURNAL ENTRIES – PAGE 21-35 (YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANYTHING BEYOND JOURNAL ENTRIES YET)

6. PROBLEM AND ITS IMPORTANCE CLEARLY STATED CLEAR PROBLEM AND IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT CLEARLY STATED 7-8 / 8 POINTS CLEAR PROBLEM, BUT IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT IS NOT STATED 4-6 / 8 POINTS PROBLEM IS NOT CLEAR AND IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT IS NOT STATED 1-3 / 8 POINTS MISSING PROBLEM PAGE 0/8 POINTS

7. SAMPLE PROBLEM PROBLEM: ABSORBENCY OF PAPER TOWELS QUESTION: DO NAME BRAND PAPER TOWELS ABSORB MORE WATER THAN GENERIC? IMPORTANCE: THIS RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SPENDING MORE MONEY FOR A NAME BRAND IS WASTEFUL UNLESS THE NAME BRAND OUTPERFORMS GENERIC BRANDS. (MUST HAVE PROBLEM, QUESTION, IMPORTANCE TO GET FULL CREDIT) ALL THREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR RESEARCH PLAN

8. HYPOTHESIS CLEARLY STATED (IF, THEN STATEMENT) AND INCLUDES INDEPENDENT, DEPENDENT, AND CONTROL VARIABLES 7-8 / 8 POINTS CLEARLY STATED, BUT VARIABLES ARE NOT OBVIOUS 4-6 / 8 POINTS PRESENT, BUT NOT CLEAR AND VARIABLES ARE OBSCURE 1-3 / 8 POINTS COMPLETELY MISSING 0/8 POINTS

9. SAMPLE HYPOTHESIS / VARIABLES HYPOTHESIS: IF I USE BRAND NAME PAPER TOWELS, THEN THEY WILL ABSORB MORE WATER BECAUSE THEY ARE BETTER QUALITY. CONTROL: SAME SIZE SQUARE OF PAPER TOWEL USED FOR EACH TRIAL INDEPENDENT: BRAND OF PAPER TOWEL USED DEPENDENT: HOW MUCH WATER IS ABSORBED

10. MATERIALS PAGE TENTATIVE MATERIALS LIST IS CLEARLY STATED 8/8 POINTS MATERIALS PAGE IS MISSING OR BLANK 0/8 POINTS

11. ABOUT MATERIALS YOU DO NOT YET HAVE TO HAVE A FULL MATERIALS LIST – JUST WHAT YOU THINK YOU WILL BE USING AT THIS POINT YOU MUST AMEND/ALTER YOUR MATERIALS LIST AS NEEDED FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINK YOU WILL NOT NEED WIDGETS, BUT FIND OUT THAT YOU DO – ADD THEM TO THE MATERIAL LIST OTHERWISE, YOU WILL LOSE POINTS ON FUTURE LOG BOOK CHECKS BE AS THOROUGH AS YOU CAN AT THIS POINT

12. PROCEDURE PAGE PAGES DESIGNATED IN LOGBOOK 8/8 POINTS PROCEDURE PAGES NOT DESIGNATED 0/8 POINTS

13. ABOUT PROCEDURES YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PROCEDURES SECTION MARKED WITH A TAB YOU MUST HAVE THIS SECTION LISTED IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS THE TOP OF THE PROCEDURES PAGE MUST SAY “PROCEDURES” HOWEVER, YOU DON’T YET HAVE TO WRITE ANY PROCEDURES

14. DETAIL OF JOURNAL ENTRIES DETAILED AND NEAT AND AT LEAST 5 10-12 / 12 POINTS DETAILED AND NEAT AND AT LEAST 4 8-9 / 12 POINTS DETAILED AND NEAT AND AT LEAST 3 5-7 / 12 POINTS DETAILED AND NEAT AND LESS THAN 3 0-4 / 12 POINTS

15. JOURNAL ENTRIES TELL ME WHAT YOU DID EACH TIME. GO INTO DETAIL IF YOU DID RESEARCH, LIST THE SOURCES AND TELL ME WHAT YOU FOUND OUT DON’T LIST THINGS LIKE “RECEIVED SCIENCE FAIR PACKET” “TURNED IN SCIENCE FAIR FORMS” ONLY TELL ME THE THINGS YOU DID THAT SPECIFICALLY PERTAIN TO YOUR PROJECT

16. SAMPLE ENTRY #1 AT HOME, I STARTED MY RESEARCH AND WENT ON SOME DIFFERENT WEBSITES. THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT SITES I VISITED WERE: 1. VARELA, FRANSICSO. “BIRDS & LIGHTING”. ZIEGLER & BISHOF, 1993, CAMBRIDGE, MA. WWW.BIRDSANDLIGHTING.COM. 2. WILKINS, SHANNON. “DO BIRDS PREFER RED CARS?” CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL. WWW.UMD.EDU/BIRDSANDREDCARS. ON THOSE SITES, I LEARNED THAT BIRDS HAVE ELABORATE VISION. BIRDS HAVE THE MOST COMPLEX CONES COMPARED TO MAMMALS. BIRDS HAVE DOUBLE CONES. BIRDS HAVE BETTER COLOR VISION DUE TO THE DOUBLE CONES Date: 9/1/14 Time: 4:30pm Activity: online research Place: home Persons present: me References used: (see below)

17. SAMPLE ENTRY #2 TODAY I MADE A LIST OF ALL THE MATERIALS I WILL BE NEEDING TO COMPLETE MY PROJECT. TOMORROW, I WILL GO TO THE STORE. Date: 9/5/14 Time: 7:30pm Activity: materials Place: home Persons present: me, mom, dad References used: none

18. JOURNAL ENTRIES WRITTEN IN INK WRITTEN IN INK 8/8 POINTS WRITTEN IN PENCIL 0/8 POINTS

19. ONE JOURNAL ENTRY PER PAGE PER DAY ALL ENTRIES ARE ON SEPARATE PAGES 8/8 POINTS MOST ENTRIES ARE ON SEPARATE PAGES 5-7 / 8 POINTS SOME ENTRIES ARE ON SEPARATE PAGES 2-4 / 8 POINTS ENTRIES NOT SEPARATED BY PAGES 0-1 / 8 POINTS

20. CORRECT LABELING PROCEDURE ON EACH JOURNAL ENTRY USED CORRECT LABELS USED ON EACH ENTRY 8/8 POINTS MOST ENTRIES LABELED CORRECTLY 6-7 / 8 POINTS SOME LABELING ON EACH ENTRY 3-5 / 8 POINTS ENTRIES ARE NOT LABELED CORRECTLY 0-2 / 8 POINTS

21. LABELS EACH AND EVERY JOURNAL ENTRY NEEDS: DATE TIME PLACE PERSONS PRESENT REFERENCES USED

22. AT LEAST SIX SOURCES LISTED ON REFERENCE/RESOURCE PAGE 6 SOURCES IN PROPER MLA FORMAT 7-8 / 8 POINTS 5 SOURCES LISTED, SOME INFORMATION MISSING 5-6 / 8 POINTS 3-4 SOURCES LISTED, SOME INFORMATION MISSING 2-4 / 8 POINTS LESS THAN 3 SOURCES, SOME INFORMATION MISSING 0-1 / 8 POINTS

23. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH MLA FORMAT VISIT WWW.CITATIONMACHINE.NET CLICK MLA CLICK YOUR FORMAT (BOOK, INTERNET, MAGAZINE) CLICK “MANUAL ENTRY” PUT IN WHATEVER INFO YOU HAVE CLICK SUBMIT – WHAT YOU GET IS YOUR MLA CITATION

24. A NOTE ABOUT SOURCES I SHOULD SEE EACH OF YOUR SIX SOURCES USED AT LEAST ONCE IN RESEARCH IN YOUR LOGBOOK WHEN YOU TURN IN THE FINAL 20 ENTRIES EACH RESOURCE THAT IS USED BUT NOT CITED (YOU GET INFORMATION FROM A BOOK BUT DO NOT CITE IT) IS MAJOR POINTS OFF CITE EVERYTHING YOU TAKE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

25. WHITE OUT / ERASERS EACH WHITE-OUT OR ERASURE -1 EACH PAGE TORN OUT (PAGES NO LONGER NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY) -1 EACH TIME YOU WRITE ON THE BACK OF A PAGE -1 TURNED IN LATE -20/DAY IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, SIMPLY WRITE A LINE THROUGH IT SAMPLE

26. REMINDER: LOG BOOKS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!!

27. ASSIGNMENT REMINDER: CHEMISTRY DO VOCABULARY CHAPTER 4 IN BOOK (15 WORDS) PHYSICAL SCIENCE DO VOCABULARY CHAPTER 12 IN BOOK (22 WORDS) **IF YOU MISSED FRIDAY’S TEST, YOU HAVE UNTIL THIS FRIDAY TO MAKE IT UP