The easiest way to think about a log book is as a diary. Every day that you work on your project, you can add an entry to your log book to record what you did.

You can also think about your log book as a scrap book. If you see a newspaper article, or a pamphlet, or any information at all that you might possibly include in your project, then you should put this information right into your log book.

What kinds of information might people find in your log book?

• Titles of books etc. that you used to collect background information
• Diary of when you did research (background material, studies, etc.)
• Observations from an experiment if you conducted one
• Newspaper and magazine clippings related to your project
• Ideas that you might write down (e.g., other questions, a new idea for a cool study) as you work on your project
• Notes to yourself to explain what you were doing (e.g., what do your statistics mean?)
• And any other information relevant to your project ... the sky is the limit!