Data+Notebook

I. __DATA NOTEBOOK__

When you do an experiment, you make observations. You may record changes in your subjects, make notes about possible influences in your experiment that you didn’t anticipate, or draw pictures of results along the way. All scientists are constantly recording relevant observations. A DATA NOTEBOOK is required for all experiments no matter how lengthy or short it might be. A data notebook is a journal that is set up to reflect observations by the week, day, hour or minute, depending on the type of experiment. You could organize it by putting a day’s observation on each page. A student’s data notebook should also contain any other notes he/she may have made from the research, such as article summaries, important phone numbers or even possible contacts. Entries should be neat, __**dated**__, and orderly. __It should be a complete and accurate record of the student’s project from start to finish__. It shows all the time and effort that went into the project. Suggestions: composition book or journal.

Must Have:

Table of Contents with dates and pages Pages Numbered Experiments Parts Labeled Be complete, from deciding the topic, to research, to developing the procedure, carrying it out, recording results, analyzing the results and writing a conclusion. Someone else needs to be able to follow what you have written down.