Transcript Your Log Book - Nancy Brim Chemistry

You should have the following:
Purple folder
Log book
Ink pen
Your Log Book
A Useful Tool
Reasons why you should have
one…
Mrs. Brim requires it.
The state and international science fairs
require it.
Documentation is important to verify your
work.
Why you should have one…
Leonardo da Vinci’s
original notebooks
(his logbooks) have
sold for millions of
dollars.
“Leonardo da Vinci Notebook Page”. c 1510. Online
image. Leonardo da Vinci. Web. 12 Aug. 2010.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci>.
Why You Should have One…
The Miller –Urey
experiment
simulated
primordial earth
conditions to test
for chemical
evolution.
“Miller-Urey Experimental Set-up”. 2007. Online image. 'Lost'
Miller-Urey experiment created more of life's building blocks.
Web. 12 Aug. 2010. <http://www.internetchemie.info/
news/2008/oct08/image>.
Why You Should Have One…
Stanley Miller died in 2007 and scientist
Jeffery Bada used Miller’s log books to
identify more amino acid sequences
generated in 1953 during the Miller-Urey
experiments. Scientists are now
rethinking the origin of life’s building blocks
– 55 years after the experiments were
conducted.
Why You Should Have One….
Incoming staff members at the Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, a major research
institute in New York, are advised to grab
only one item in a fire…their lab notebook
– because everything else can be
recreated using it.
“Marie Curie’s lab notebook”. 1898. Online image.
Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity. Web.
12 Aug 2010. <http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
images/photos/notebook-matte.jpg>.
Why You Should Have One…
Scientists at Medichem were competing with
other labs to develop and patent a way to
produce the active ingredient in Claritin®.
Even though they made the discovery, they
did not follow standard procedures for
documenting data. Their poor notebook
practice was cited as the reason that
Medichem lost a multimillion dollar patent
lawsuit to Rolabo for the production of Claritin.
Why You Should Have One…
You are creating an enduring resource that
can be used for future reference.
Setting Up Your Logbook…
Put your name on the front cover.
Write “Table of Contents” on the first page.
Number each page for the first fifty-one
right now. You can write every other
number.
NEVER…NEVER…NEVER…
Write in anything but ink.
Remove any pages
Skip pages – even the backside
Forget to date EACH page
Use computer printouts as your logbook.
Use white out
ALWAYS…ALWAYS…ALWAYS…
Write in ink.
Date every single page and entry.
Use every page or put an “X” through the
skipped page, initial, and date it.
Cross out a mistake with a single line,
writing the correct entry, initial and date
your correction.
What to Put in Your Logbook…
List of potential science fair projects
Target dates and deadlines
Project problem and how you think you
can solve it
Background information
Sources you consulted or intend to consult
References for your bibliography which will
become your works cited list
What to Put in Your Logbook…
Search terms you have used
Names and contact details of relevant
people
Experimental design
Identification of variables
Raw data tables
Summary data tables
What to Put in Your Logbook…
Daily observations of what you did and
when (similar to a diary)
Potential problems and possible solutions
Questions you have for your teacher,
media specialist, adult sponsor, expert
Calculations
Graphs
Tentative conclusions
Other Considerations…
 If you are using bib cards (for your English
teacher), put them in a pocket in the back of
your logbook; you still must have some research
written in your logbook (summary) and a
bibliography list.
 You may not use a computer printout as your
logbook or put computer printouts in your
logbook. Save those sheets, but know that they
cannot be substituted for your data entry.
Other Considerations…
The burden or proof that the project was
completed is on YOU! To avoid any
questions as to the validity of your
experiment, you should document
everything.
I will need to see your logbook EACH time
you turn in a draft of your paper. Failure to
have a good logbook will result in lose of
due date points.
Each time I check your logbook, I
will look for:
Multiple dates
Research
Bibliographic information
Not having this information will result in a
lost of 5 due date points.
Other Science Fair Information
Human Subjects, bacteria, vertebrates,
and tissue (not hair or teeth) projects
require a qualified (MD or PhD) scientist to
oversee your project.
There is special paperwork to fill out.
You must get approval by the Institutional
Review Board or Scientific Review
Committee – I take care of this but it takes
more time.
PROJECT IDEA FORM
Due Friday
You need 1-3 testable questions
STAR the ones you most want to do
Needs a parent signature