Hey @apap8,
Like @Gigabyte said, I can’t provide exact help on your situation without knowing what your notebook really looks like, but I can provide some general tips.
we cant even justify our decisions because they were wrong
That actually sounds like a great place to start! You could twist this to make it sound like you learned. Talk about how you had this logic at the beginning, but after researching, you learned about how it was wrong and utilized this information to improve. You might want to include a page or so about this. Cite sources, maybe show a few diagrams or something.
Then, you can work on improving the notebook itself. I think it’s actually in the rubric that entries must be chronologically ordered, but if your notebook is that bad, I would honestly go back to the beginning. Start with a game analysis. Time and resource management is always welcome, too.
After that, it’s up to you on general entries. You can make them better by adding details (e.g., moving back the aligner by a number of holes or changing the gear ratio to something else). If you don’t have access to these details, I’d try your best to resort to images. If you made a major improvement on your chassis gear ratio, for example, try to find an old picture of your chassis.
And, make sure to quantify your reasoning. If you made this change, how’d you decide on it? Did you analyze data? Add that data. Did you learn about a new theory? Add a diagram.
You can also check out great posts on the forum for more tips:
Then you can also look at example award-winning notebooks. I, for one, love 515R’s Spin-Up notebook.
And, most importantly, look at the rubric. From there you will know key criteria and steps of the EDP that you must document.
TLDR: Focus on adding the numbers, models, and exact justification to entries. If you need something, LMK. 