Interactive Science Notebooks

InteractiveScience Notebooks

Does this soundfamiliar? I can’t find mynotes .homework quizzes I can’ remember what we didyesterday in class . I was absent last week and can’tfind my notes .

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What is an interactivenotebook? A place to record information Enables the student to process ideas and makeconnections Culmination of student work throughoutthe year Demonstrates content learned and reflectiveknowledge by the student

Benefits of UsingInteractive Notebooks Develop students’ thinking to prepare for 21stcentury workforce Increase communication between thestakeholders Differentiating instruction

How IN used in thescience curriculum? Explore ideas in class and students individuallyform hypothesis Students participate in an inquiry basedinvestigation—gather data, observe,form questions, make sketches, and formulateideas about topic being studied. After investigation is over, students andteachers come together as a class for adiscussion.

Develop overarching question or problemresearched during the unit of study. Alllearning during the unit will be linked back tothis question. Lab investigations—starts with keyquestions Students write in notebook, then discussin groups.

Classroom Snapshot What should you see when students useinteractive notebooks in your classroom? The notebook should be open at all times—during a lab, while using the textbook, andduring student discourse. You should see students writing—thenotebook should be filled with writingfrom the beginning to the end.

When you open a notebook you should seewriting on every page. You should see textfeatures such as highlighting, color, graphics,headings, and writing—should also seestudent work getting progressivelybetter– observe the thought process ofthe student with self-reflectionembedded in the work.

So an InteractiveScience Notebook is . A student thinking tool An organizer for inquiry questions and what I learned A way to access and process the learning utilizing various modalities(writing, drawing, and discussion) A place for writing rough drafts based on hands-on learning A formative assessment tool for teachers

Why Use InteractiveScience Notebooks? Improve organization skills Improve critical thinking skills Express understanding creatively

Why are we using Interactive ScienceNotebooks? Record data Study for tests Record progress Communication

Impact of Hands-on Science &Science Interactive Notebookson Student AchievementResearch shows that student understanding and literacy skills improvewhen students do hands-on minds-on science and use sciencenotebooks to make sense of their science investigations.

Science InteractiveNotebook Setup

Science Notebook SuppliesGlue or glue stickSpiralNotebookpens &pencilsscissorscolored pencilsNO MARKERS!

Right Side? Left Side?What Goes Where?Left Side Student OutputLots of ColorThe brain remembers things in colorbetter(Showing Understanding and Creativity) BOCA beginning of class assignment Concept Maps Drawings Reflective Writing Questions Data and Graphs

Songs Poems Data from Experiments Cartoons or cartoon strips

“A Bit More On The Left”Getting Students to Think About Their LearningREFLECTION: Use Guiding Prompts:What are you curious about?What would you like to test?What was the main idea?What are the important details to remember?How does this relate to your life?What don’t you understand?

Getting started Step 1:On the cover,write your nameand period #.Draw a diagram ofsomething thatreminds you ofscience.

Step 2: Starting with the first page, number the first 50 pages.Numbers should be small and at the top outside corner ofevery page.12AUTHORS PAGE“ALL ABOUTYOU PAGE”(Skip pages 0-9.These will beREFERENCE PAGES)3

Step 3:At the top of pages 5,6,7 write Table ofContents. Divide each page into 3columns, date, description, page #.5Table of ContentsDateDescriptionPage #67Table of ContentsTable of ContentsDateDateDescriptionPage #DescriptionPage #

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Table of ContentsExample DATEDESCRIPTIONPAGE #Grade/Stamp

Step 4:Add the following reflection questions on page 1. You will usethese as open response questions. When you can’t think ofsomething else to do for your left side entry, use one of these.Remember open response means a paragraph and a paragraphhas multiple sentences.1 What are youcurious about? What would you liketo test? What was the mainidea? What are theimportant details toremember? How does this relateto your life? What don’t youunderstand?

Right Side Teacher InputEven Pages 2,4,6,8.The RIGHT side of the notebookcontains information given by theteacher.Lecture notesLab notesVocabularyBasic Knowledge QuestionsReading NotesMovie, Video notesStudy GuidesPowerPoint notes

The RIGHT side of thenotebook containsinformation given tothe student by theteacher. This is theESSENTIAL informationthat will DEFINITELY beon a quiz or test.Nothing else should goon this side.

Left side: Student work (output) ODD PAGES 1, 3, 5, 7, 9BOCA #1 Fill in the missing word.Decomposer Producer ConsumerPlants are . Lions, tigers, and bears are. Worms and mushrooms areThe DAY’S ACTIVITYis placed on the LEFTside of the notebook.INCLUDES: BOCA DAY’S ACTIVITY May be a graphicorganizer, a drawingetc.

Drawing/Illustrations

OUTPUTLeft Loves(your interpretation)INPUT(notes from teacher)

We Are READY!

Impact of Hands-on Science & Science Interactive Notebooks on Student Achievement Research shows that student understanding and literacy skills improve when students do hands-on minds-on science and use science notebooks to make sense of their science investigations.