WHAT'S IN A NOTEBOOK?
Along with your project, you are expected to have a notebook.
Your notebook should have:
1. ABSTRACT - Summary of your research and a proper listing
of you major references. Use the Abstract and Bibliography form provided
by your teacher.
2. TITLE PAGE - Your title. Just your title.
Do not put your name, school name, or teacher's name. You may add
an
illustration or diagram important to the project.
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS - Include page numbers.
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - Give credit to people or groups who
have helped you on yourproject. Do not list any family or teachers
by name.
5. PURPOSE - What you wish to find out or solve.
6. HYPOTHESIS - What you think your experiment will show.
7. RESEARCH - What is known about the problem or topic.
You should know the history, importance, key scientists, and current interest
in your topic. A formal paper is expected if you are chosen to go
on to regional and state fairs.
8. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS - List all the equipment, chemicals,
organisms that you used.
9. PROCEDURE - The step by step plan or method you used
to do your experiment. List them in order. Be clear and detailed
enough so that someone else could follow them and do the same experiment.
10. RESULTS - What happened? Keep a log or journal
of all your data, observations, and notes. Put them in chart and
graph as well.
11. CONCLUSIONS - Did you find the answer to your problem?
On what data or evidence did you base your decision? Compare your results
with your hypothesis and purpose. If you did not find the answer,
propose another experiment that you could do to find an answer.
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY- List your resources using the proper
form. References include your main written sources, people, TV shows,
e-mail bulletin boards, etc... .
The items listed on this page should be in the front of your notebook.
Put logos or journal entries after these twelve items or keep them in a
separate notebook. These twelve items should be typed, if possible,
arranged in order, and displayed in a nice folder.
