Not only do you use an engineering notebook to organize and document your work, it is also a place to reflect on activities and projects. When working in a team, each team member will maintain their own journal to help with collaboration.

Your engineering notebook should have the following:

• An entry for each day or session that you worked on the solution

• Entries that are chronological, with each entry dated

• Clear, neat, and concise writing and organization

• Labels so that a reader understands all of your notes and how they fit into your iterative design process

An entry might include:

• Brainstorming ideas

• Sketches or pictures of prototypes

• Pseudocode and flowcharts for planning

• Any worked calculations or algorithms used

• Answers to guiding questions

• Notes about observations and/or conducted tests

• Notes about and reflections on your different iterations