Introduction to Science Research
Logbook Assignment #1
Due Date: ___________________________________
1. Logbook: composition notebook or spiral notebook
 (preferably with holes, to put into a binder)
2. Label your book with the following information (neatly printed or written in
marker on a labeled glued or taped on), large enough to see:
 Name
 Title of your project (The Effect of … on…)
 Grade
 Year (2015-2016)
3. ADD A PAGE NUMBER TO EACH AND EVERY PAGE (BACK AND FRONT).
4. Page 1: Title this page “Table of Contents.”
The first 3 entrees should include:
 Project Title Page…………………………………..3
 Proposal………………………………………………..5
 Materials……………………………………………….7
5. Page 3:
 Project Title
 Name
 Introduction to Science Research
 Grade
 2015-2016
6. Page 5: Proposal
 Staple/tape your Proposal into your journal (print it out)
 Does it need to be revised???
7. Page 7: Materials
 List all materials needed for your experiment
 Be specific, add amounts of each material needed
 (You’ll add more to it later)
Remember, this is your logbook.
 You MUST document everything you do in your experiment into this book, and date
each entry.
 This includes setting up your experiment, taking measurements, making
observations, changing any part of your experiment, etc..
 You can add pictures as well.
 Any labels, MSDS’s, instructions, manuals, should be placed in your logbook once you
get your materials and start your experiment.
Your journal will be graded as part of your project.
Journal assignment #2 (completed logbook) will be assigned in a few months.
Introduction to Science Research
Logbook Assignment #1 Rubric
December 2015
Name:_______________________________________________________________________
SECTION
Notebook
Label:
 Name
 Title
 Grade
 year
Page numbers (every page)
Table of Contents
 Project Title Page…………………..3
 Proposal………………………………..5
 Materials……………………………….7
Page 3:
 Project Title
 Name
 Introduction to Science Research
 Grade
 2013-2014
Pages 5: Proposal
Page 7: Materials
 all materials needed for
experiment
 specific (amounts…)
Spelling/grammar
TOTAL POINTS
Grade:__________________
TOTAL
POINTS
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
70
POINTS
EARNED