The document provides instructions for properly setting up a science lab notebook. It outlines 7 steps: 1) Include name, teacher, and class on the front cover. 2) Glue lab guidelines to the inside cover. 3) Create a title page with title and name. 4) Devote the next 2 pages to a table of contents with 3 columns for date, assignment, and page number. 5) The next page is a reference table of contents. 6) Beginning with page 5, number every page in the upper right corner up to page 96 for a 100 page notebook. 7) Title page 87 is for reference materials.