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- Whether you are a research scientist, an engineer, or a first-time science fair student, you should use a lab notebook to document your science investigations, experiments, and product designs. A lab notebook is an important part of any research or engineering project.
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Whether you are a research scientist, an engineer, or a first-time science fair student, you should use a lab notebook to document your science investigations, experiments, and product designs. A lab notebook is an important part of any research or engineering project.
List the steps to set up a lab notebook and explain why lab notebooks are important. Create and maintain your own lab notebook for your science project, including planning, research, data collection, and analysis.
Science fair projects provide opportunities to collaborate with many teachers, especially in Math and English, and implement cross-curriculum, or team leadership and cooperation.
Before you start, think about what you are changing in the experiment (your independent variable), what you will measure in the experiment (your dependent variable), and what factors you will keep the same in order to design a “fair” experiment (controlled variables).
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Jan 27, 2016 · When and what to write in your notebook: It all counts! Your lab notebook is like a science diary. Write down all of your hypotheses, questions to look up later, and background research. As you are working, write down all your experimental observations or thoughts, no matter how small or insignificant they may seem to you at the time.
- Beth Davison
- 2015
A lab notebook is kept to help the scientist remember the experiments that were performed, the conditions, the reasons for the experiments, and the successes and failures. It is also used to document the dates of discoveries (for patent applications).
The scientific notebook is a bound or spiral book with pages that are not removable. The validity of your documentation partly depends upon insuring the work has not been tampered with or pages removed. When preparing the notebook there are several things that need to be done. Write your name inside the front cover.
