science fair logbook first logbook check rubric due date: friday, september 26 **test grade**
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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
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