Hello,
Is the lab notebook usually displayed, along with the board and research report, or is that up to each school/fair? Thanks.
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The judges will look at whats inside the notebook, the colour of it does not matter. They want to see the original observations so copying it from the blue notebook into another coloured one would actually be a bad thing. Think about the scandals in the news lately about scientists faking results - how the community keeps a check on that is by looking at the original records and notebooks.
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Strangely, there is a published journal article discussing the tendency of badly-coordinated colors (clothes in this instance) to attract fewer viewers to a scientific presentation.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/169/12/1291
There is also some related discussion here, under "Presenting your poster"
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurri ... advice.htm
I do believe that odd little details can affect a viewers perception of a scientific presentation or article. For example, minor typos do not really affect the scientific content of a presentation, but they may give a viewer a first impression that, because the scientist was not careful with proof reading, they might also not have been careful with their research. That said, there are obviously plenty of successful career scientists who do not bother to coordinate their colors, and who do not balk at a few typos.
Unless it is a really horrible color contrast, I doubt it will make a substantial difference to the judges of a science fair. On the other hand, if your child feels ill-at-ease that the colors don't match, it might be worth giving him/her some peace of mind by putting a removable cover on the lab notebook that matches the presentation board color. As Caroline said, certainly don't re-copy all the notes.
Good luck!
Chris
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/169/12/1291
There is also some related discussion here, under "Presenting your poster"
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurri ... advice.htm
I do believe that odd little details can affect a viewers perception of a scientific presentation or article. For example, minor typos do not really affect the scientific content of a presentation, but they may give a viewer a first impression that, because the scientist was not careful with proof reading, they might also not have been careful with their research. That said, there are obviously plenty of successful career scientists who do not bother to coordinate their colors, and who do not balk at a few typos.
Unless it is a really horrible color contrast, I doubt it will make a substantial difference to the judges of a science fair. On the other hand, if your child feels ill-at-ease that the colors don't match, it might be worth giving him/her some peace of mind by putting a removable cover on the lab notebook that matches the presentation board color. As Caroline said, certainly don't re-copy all the notes.
Good luck!
Chris
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