Activity+Report+Directions

** (2017 - 2018) **
 * Science Activity Report Directions **
 * All Activity Reports are HOMEWORK to be done the day that we have completed the activity in class.**
 * Please use the following correct format for all Activity Reports.** //Make sure you write the words that are in bold print into your Activity Report.//


 * Activity # _:** (Title)


 * Objective**: (Tell why you are doing this activity. This objective will always be given to you.)


 * Procedure: (**Write a 3-sentence explanation //in your own words// exactly how you are going to do this activity.)


 * Data:** (What measurements did you take? Make sure you //record all measurements with their metric system units.// This data should be put into a data table, if possible.)


 * Conclusion:** (What did you learn in this activity?) //Place this at the bottom of the Activity Report page//. Write one sentence that finishes the following: "**I learned …** " (You may NOT just repeat the objective of the Activity in this conclusion or it will be marked incorrect and a point will be taken off your grade.) **This first sentence is to be followed by 2 sentences giving 2 facts that you learned by doing this lab to validate your conclusion.**

//Throughout the course of this year, the following Activity rules must be followed while doing an Activity during class time://


 * 1) While doing an activity, you may only talk in a whisper, and then only to your lab partner.
 * 2) Do not walk around the room except to get the necessary equipment for the activity.
 * 3) **//Always follow the safety rules//** //we have.// Follow all oral directions given by the teacher.
 * 4) Do NOT skip any pages in your Science notebook (even the back side of another report). You will not have enough pages at the end of the year in your notebook if you do.
 * 5) Starting on the //top line// of each page in the notebook for the Activity Report, write the Title and the Objective of the activity.
 * 6) All written work must be done in ONLY blue or black pen. Pencil can be used **only for drawings, graphs and maps**.
 * 7) Make sure you write down the unit of the measurement for all of your data in your report.
 * 8) If possible, make a data table for all of your data from the activity.

continued on back à and orderly, in order to be acceptable for correction. Do not write what I consider to be graffiti onto the front or back cover of your science notebook. **All assignments will be considered to be a “0” grade until an acceptable notebook has been handed in.**
 * 1) At the BOTTOM of the page, write “Conclusion:” followed by one sentence telling what you have learned //scientifically// by doing the activity (not your opinion of the activity). Do not write your conclusion on the Activity procedure sheet, but only in your Activity Report. **You may not just repeat the Activity’s objective for this conclusion or you will not receive full credit on the lab report!**
 * 2) Put your Activity Reports in **numerical order** in the Activity section of your notebook. If they are found anywhere else in your notebook, you will be required to put them into the Activity section correctly before they can be graded. They are considered missing if they are not in your notebook’s Activity Section.
 * 3) **Tape the activity procedure sheet //properly// (if printed in portrait-form, tape them in sideways; if printed in landscape-form, they must be right-side-up) onto the same page as the Activity Report in your notebook.** It should be taped into the side //margin// (where the red line is) of the report. If a required sheet is not taped in properly, then you will lose at least 1 point in your overall Activity Report grade.
 * 4) No double-side tape is allowed to tape in lab sheets into the notebook.
 * 5) Tape only ONE paper onto any page in your notebook.
 * 6) Neatness counts toward your grade so be careful of your writing. There are to be no cross-outs in your Report. You may use White Out tape for any corrections that are needed.
 * 7) Nothing should be hanging out of your notebook. This includes any sheets that are taped in.
 * 8) **All Science notebooks must have a front and back cover to them**, as well as be neat