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Laboratory Notebook
• This is an example of what a laboratory notebook should look like.
• What is most important is that you use a laboratory notebook to keep notes as you do your experiment.
• Everything you think or do should be captured in your laboratory notebook.
• Good luck and have fun!
• Information in this blue font are not actually part of the notebook.
Science Experiment Laboratory Notebook
General Guidelines: • Work should be done in ink. • Do not remove any pages. • Mistakes should have a
simple line through them. Do not erase or use anything to cover them up.
• Write EVERYTHING in the laboratory notebook.
• You can use the book for more than one experiment.
Some suggestions: • Do an experiment that you
want to do – One where you want to know the answer or see the results.
• Demonstrations, research projects, and models do NOT do as well in the judging process. Pick a project requiring repetitions.
4/23/2014 Ideas for projects for this year: • How fast does grass grow?. • Is it always cloudy when it
rains? • Why is the sky blue? • Volcanos • How clouds form
ABC (initials) Note: Do NOT do one of these as your Science Fair Project.
5/1/2014 Title of Project
Cloudy Skies
Objective, Goal, or Question Is It Always Cloudy When it Rains?
Hypothesis I think it will always be cloudy when it rains.
ABC
5/7/2014 Research
I used the internet to research information about rain and clouds . Websites used: • http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/rain
/ • http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sc
iencefacts/weather/clouds.html • http://www.weatherwizkids.com
/weather-clouds.htm
ABC
5/7/2014 Notes from Research
• Water, as a gas, is in the air.
• This water gas condenses in the air and forms clouds.
• Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus clouds cause rain.
• These clouds produce rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
ABC
5/10/2014 Materials/ Equipment
• Laboratory Notebook • Pen (not pencil) • The computer to access
www.weather.com to check if it will rain today.
ABC
5/10/2014 Process Steps
• Check www.weather.com to
see if it is going to rain today.
• If it is raining, go outside and see if there are clouds in the sky.
• Write the information in my laboratory notebook.
ABC
Observations
5/19/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
5/20/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
5/27/2014
• It is raining lightly. There are no clouds!
ABC
6/17/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
6/28/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
7/15/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
8/1/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
8/2/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
8/3/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
8/19/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
9/9/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
9/22/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
10/1/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
10/2/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
10/28/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
10/29/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
11/7/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
11/14/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
Observations
12/8/2014
• It is raining. There are clouds.
ABC
12/9/2014 • It is raining. There are
clouds. ABC
1/9/2015 Results
ABC
Date Raining? Cloudy?
5/19/2014 Yes Yes
5/20/2014 Yes Yes
5/27/2014 Yes No
6/17/2014 Yes Yes
6/28/2014 Yes Yes
7/15/2014 Yes Yes
8/1/2014 Yes Yes
8/2/2014 Yes Yes
8/3/2014 Yes Yes
8/19/2014 Yes Yes
9/9/2014 Yes Yes
9/22/2014 Yes Yes
1/9/2015 More Results
ABC
Date Raining? Cloudy?
10/1/2014 Yes Yes
10/2/2014 Yes Yes
10/28/2014 Yes No
10/29/2014 Yes Yes
11/7/2014 Yes Yes
11/14/2014 Yes Yes
12/8/2014 Yes Yes
12/9/2014 Yes Yes
1/10/2015 The Chart
Created in Excel with Mom’s help.
ABC
1/15/2015 Summary of Observations
• Almost every time it rained there were heavy clouds.
• On one of them, there were no clouds in the sky. It was a light rain on 5/27/2014
ABC
1/15/2015 Conclusion
• I was wrong! It can rain
with no clouds in the sky.
ABC
1/19/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Worked on putting together my display board.
ABC
1/20/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Continued to work on putting together my display board.
ABC
1/22/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Continued to work on putting together my display board.
ABC
1/25/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Talked with Mom and Dad about the fair and pre the interview with the judges.
ABC
1/26/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Talked with Mom and Dad about the fair and the interview with the judges.
ABC
2/15/2015 Preparation for the Fair
• Last minute finishing touches on display board
• The fair is on 2/20/2015! ABC
2/15/2015 Acknowledgements
• Thanks to Mom and Dad for
helping me with research on the internet, buying my display board, helping me use Excel, and helping me prepare for the judge interviews.
ABC
2/15/2015 Future Work
These are ideas that I might do next year: • How to make snow flakes. • Where does hail come from? • How does water gas get in
the air? ABC
Note: Do NOT do one of these as your Science Fair Project.
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