SCIENCE FAIR LOGBOOKFIRST LOGBOOK CHECK

RUBRICDUE DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

**TEST GRADE**

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

MATERIALS PAGE

• TENTATIVE MATERIALS LIST IS CLEARLY STATED

• 8/8 POINTS

• MATERIALS PAGE IS MISSING OR BLANK

• 0/8 POINTS

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

PROCEDURE PAGE• PAGES DESIGNATED IN LOGBOOK

• 8/8 POINTS

• PROCEDURE PAGES NOT DESIGNATED

• 0/8 POINTS

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

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

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

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: 9/1/14Time: 4:30pmActivity: online researchPlace: homePersons present: meReferences used: (see below)

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: 9/5/14Time: 7:30pmActivity: materialsPlace: homePersons present: me, mom, dadReferences used: none

JOURNAL ENTRIES WRITTEN IN INK

• WRITTEN IN INK

• 8/8 POINTS

• WRITTEN IN PENCIL

• 0/8 POINTS

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

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

LABELS

• EACH AND EVERY JOURNAL ENTRY NEEDS:

• DATE

• TIME

• PLACE

• PERSONS PRESENT

• REFERENCES USED

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

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

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

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

REMINDER: LOG BOOKS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014• THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!!

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