Science Fair Project Log Book

You will be keeping this document updated as you work on your project. You will
be replacing the words in red and typing your information there. You will be
submitting this document many times as you continue to fill it in and you never
delete any information. Be sure to follow the instructions on each day on what to
submit.

1. The question that you will testing from the list or one that you have received
approval from your teacher.
1. Does age affect human reaction?
2. Interesting information that helps you understand your question and ideas on
how to test it.
1. What is the average reaction time for people over the age of 50?
2. What affects reaction time?
3. Toss someone a ball and see how they react.
4. What system is reaction time connected to?
3. List three sources of that information in MLA format. .
1. Shalby, Colleen. “Your Brain’s Reaction Time Peaks at Age 24, Study Finds.” Pbs.org, 26
Apr. 2014, www.pbs.org/newshour/science/brains-reaction-time-peaks-age-24-study-
finds#:~:text=After%20studying%203%2C305%20people%20ages,%2C%20but
%20nonetheless%2C%20steady%20one

2. “CogniFit.” Response Time or Reaction Time- Cognitive Ability, 17 Jan. 2017,

www.cognifit.com/science/cognitive-skills/response-time.

3. Experiment: How Fast Your Brain Reacts To Stimuli,

backyardbrains.com/experiments/reactiontime.

4. Write a hypothesis for each of the three scenarios in the Hypothesis lesson.
1. Hypothesis for Scenario #1
2. Hypothesis for Scenario #2
3. Hypothesis for Scenario #3
5. Hypothesis (make sure it is an if/then statement)
1. Hypothesis
6. Write three to four sentences about how you see God in your project and relate it
to the verses given.
1. 3 to 4 sentences
7. A complete list of materials needed. (Leave some extra space in case you missed a
few items that have to be added later.)
1. Materials
 2. Materials
3. Materials
4. Materials
5. Keep adding more as you need
8. Step by step procedure before you do the experiment.  Explain your experiment
so that someone else can go back and do the exact same thing. Do not leave out a
step, it is better to be more detailed then less.
1. Step 1
2. Step 2
3. Step3
4. Add more steps as needed
9. As you do your experiment, record the measurements of your (3 to 5) trials on a
chart below. Your chart must include a title, labels, time period, and numbers,
what you are testing.

Title

Average

10. Any changes you realized you needed to make in the procedure as you were
doing it.
1. Changes
11. Anything that happened that you didn't expect.
1. Cool stuff
12. Rewrite the steps of the experiment exactly how you performed them.  This is the
procedure you will put on your display board.
1. Step 1
2. Step2
3. Step 3
4. Step 4