The Interactive Science Notebook Your New Best Friend! Science Notebook Unlocking Science Success

Have you ever heard yourself say . I can't find my . . . notes, homework, old quizzes . . . I can't remember what we did in class yesterday. I'm sure its in . . . my locker . . . my book bag . . . my room . . . I was absent last week, did I miss anything?

Well Here's Your Answer.. Interactive Science Notebook Science

What Is an Interactive Notebook Interactive Science Notebook (ISN) - Your own personalized DIARY of learning about science -A portfolio of your work in ONE convenient spot. This is great for studying for upcoming quizzes & tests -A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives you permission to be PLAYFUL AND CREATIVE in your responses without "messing up" your notes. -Allows you to work like a REAL SCIENTIST! Science Notebook

What are Interactive Science Notebooks? 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 TUSD Science Resource Center

Interactive Science Notebook( ISN) Guidelines SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK will increase your understanding of science by: using writing as a process for discovery and synthesis of inquiry. modeling many enduring functions of scientists – recording information, data, and experimental diagrams. improving your ability to organize ideas and information to provide a study reference for each unit, as well as a resource to consult for review for tests, and even in high school as you sequence into Earth Science, Chemistry, Ecology, Biology, and Physics demonstrating to your teacher and parents your developing organizational skills, understanding of science concepts and ability to express thoughts and feelings in a variety of ways deepening the science skills acquired in prior years by application to 8th grade science

Notebooks help us learn! “In a nutshell”... What is the rationale for using interactive science notebooks? Improve organization skills Improve critical thinking skills Express understanding creatively Record data Study for tests Record progress Communication Notebooks help us learn!

Impact of Hands-on Science & Science 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.

Real Scientist Use Notebooks The Interactive science notebook is an effective teaching strategy because it turns student notebooks into meaningful and personalized records of learning. Think as a scientist… record as a scientist… and reflect as a scientist! Real Scientist Use Notebooks

DIAN F OSSEY LEO DAVINCI

Required: One 8 ½ x 11-inch Mead 5-Star spiral notebook of at least 100 pages and 3 subjects or a similar generic brand with this criteria (This spiral should not be used for other subjects.) An alternative to this 100 page notebook would be to use one 50 page spiral notebook each trimester. Handouts and other teacher provided pages may be glued or clear taped in place so that both sides of each sheet are visible at all times. It is important for you to have your own glue stick at all times. Only certain pages will be glued in and the teacher will instruct the student of which ones. Organized in the same manner: right side for input (lecture notes, worksheets and informal labs) and the left side for output (drawings and reflections) Each student will have the same thing on the right side pages of their notebooks

Left Side? Right Side? What Goes Where? Student Output Lots of Color The brain remembers things in color better. Concept Maps Drawings Reflective Writing Questions Data and Graphs Songs Poems Data from Experiments Cartoons or cartoon strips Foldables Right Side Teacher Input/Content Blue or Black Ink/pencil Information given in class Lecture Notes Informal Lab Activities Video Notes Summaries Textbook Notes Procedures for experiments Classroom Specific Information

Right Side-Left Side: WHICH SIDE? To review…the notebook is divided into TWO sections. Right Side-Left Side: WHICH SIDE? . The Right Side is for input This is the side that holds information that I give you. The Left Side is for output and contains only your reflections about what you have learned. It should be full of color, and it’s the side where you can get creative.

A running list of the work completed in the ISN will be posted in class regularly and on my website one week before a unit test so that you can cross-reference your record keeping. The list will start over after each check of the notebook. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to copy missed notes into your ISN and be sure that they do the proper reflection for that assignment There will be collection of notebooks at the end of each unit (when we take a test). Grades will be assigned based on the same rubric criteria all year. If for some reason you lose your ISN or have to get a new one due to wear and tear, you must see Ms. Abrams to get the handouts that should be glued in the ISN. Please try to replace your ISN after we check so you can start with a new section. Also, if you plan on keeping one ISN per trimester, keep the old ISNs at home so you can use them to review for our trimester finals and STAR testing. Lost ISNs will receive a grade of O unless work is redone.

Step 1: Notebook pages should be numbered consecutively with L and R used for each number; each page titled and dated. Date Title Date Title Date Title Date Title 11 L1 R1 L2 R2

Decomposer Producer Consumer The notebook is divided into TWO sections. LEFT side “loves” STUDENT work = OUTPUT RIGHT side is “restricted” to TEACHER INPUT WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word. Decomposer Producer Consumer Plants are ____. Lions, tigers, and bears are ____. Worms and mushrooms are____ OUTPUT (your interpretation) INPUT (notes from teacher)

RIGHT SIDE: INPUT The RIGHT SIDE should contain information given from Ms. Abrams while we are learning new material. Nothing else should be placed on this page! The RIGHT SIDE contains all the TESTABLE material.

Example of Right Side Learning Teacher guided PowerPoint notes Movie/Video Article Readings Textbook Handouts

LEFT SIDE: OUTPUT The LEFT SIDE belongs to you. Let your CREATIVITY go wild! The LEFT side loves color.

LEFT SIDE The day’s activity is placed on the LEFT or OUTPUT side of the notebook. This section acts as a reinforcement and processing for the RIGHT or LEARNING side.

Examples of Left Side Assignments Graphic Organizers Diagrams/Visual Illustrations Poems, Song Lyrics Cartoons/Comics Lab Analysis Advertisements Brainstorming Mind maps Concept maps Venn diagrams Pictures Drawings Diagrams Writing prompts Flow charts Homework Songs Open ended worksheets Self reflections Labs Quizzes, tests Mnemonic device Foldables Vocab. Cartoons Charts & graphs Write a newspaper article about notes Write a letter or postcard from a famous scientist YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU WANT

What are graphic organizers? Graphic organizers are one way for visual thinkers to arrange their ideas. There are unlimited ways to express these visual ideas. Graphic organizers have many names including visual maps, mind mapping, and visual organizers. Although many students plan with paper and pencil, technology tools can be very helpful because they allow easy editing. Graphic organizers can be used as a nice planning tool from information identification to product development. Finally, they are great for visual thinkers or those that need to practice their visual thinking.   Why use graphic organizers? Organizers are a way to encourage students to think about information. With graphic organizers, you remove the words and focus on the connections

Examples of Graphic organizers Fishbone

How the fishbone might be used

Venn Diagram Alike different different

T-Chart

7-Circle Diagram

Wheel Diagram

TicTac Toe

Tree Diagram

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

DRAWINGS/ILLUSTRATIONS

DRAWINGS/ILLUSTRATIONS

Example of Left Side Learning

FOLDABLES

FOLDABLES

Example of Left Side Learning

Example of Left Side Learning

Example of Left Side Learning

“A Bit More On The Left” Getting You to Think About Your Learning For REFLECTION you can 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? REFLECTION can guide your communication with others which will deepen your understanding!

Example of Left and Right Side Learning Example of Video Response

How will my notebook be graded? GRADING Notebooks are collected and graded at ANY TIME. Notebooks will be graded on organization, accuracy, pride in presentation (See grading Rubric). An important part of your notebook is its visual appearance. Your notebook should be neat! Your personal learning style should be visible throughout. Note: Grading will not be all or nothing, but if you only partially complete an assignment or it’s of poor quality, you won’t be given full credit.

Grading Rubric Organization UNIT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS Accuracy WORK IN IN ORDER Accuracy “RIGHT SIDE” is ACCURATE “LEFT SIDE” REFLECTION contributes to a better understanding WRITING is in PEN with DRAWINGS in PENCIL Pride in Presentation COMPLETE LEGIBLE Pages are NUMBERED and include DATES COMPLETE SENTENCES/PUNCTUATION WHEN APPROPRIATE PROPER PRONOUN USAGE

Science Notebook Setup WE ARE READY! Science Notebook Setup Science Notebook

Science Notebook Supplies Scissors Tape 3-subject Spiral Notebook Pens & pencils colored pencils Highlighters NO MARKERS!

Getting Started: Step 1 The name of the course: Interactive Science Notebook The name of the course: Microbiology/ Forensic Science The words: Interactive Science Notebook The class period that you have science: PERIOD 3, for example The school year: 2014-2015 Your teacher: Ms. Stark-Houck Your name: (self explanatory) 8th Grade Physical Science Period ____ 2012-2013 Ms Abrams My Namee

MICROBIOLOGY INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOK Period ______ 2014-2015 Ms. STARK-HOUCK YOUR NAME

We Are READY! Science Notebook

What do I do if I am absent? If you are absent, it is your responsibility to obtain the assignments from MS. STARK-HOUCK’S WEB PAGE. Find at least one buddy from this class and exchange phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses so that you can help each other stay current! Staying current with all entries is vital to your success this year in science.

NOTEBOOK RULES.. Make sure your “LEFT SIDE” page entries are helping you to understand the concepts presented in class Follow the other RUBRIC guidelines BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

CREDITS Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides from which I worked from: Barbara Zimmerman, adapted from her original presentation Annette Holder, rockin’ Science Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive!