Interactive Notebook AP Biology - Zeiher

What are Interactive Notebooks?  Known as IANS  A student note taking process to record information in a personal and meaningful way  A thinking tool

The Payoff…  It’s a way to organize work  Teaches students how to process information (critical thinking skills)  Helps to distinguish between what the student knows and what they still need to focus on

….And  Encourages students to make their own meaningful connections  Appeals to multiple learning needs  Enables students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers (even when they don’t know it)

Interactive Notebooks…  Can be in pencil, colored pencils, pen, markers….  Are personal and unique to each student  Allows students to doodle or draw in their notebook and still be on task

In an Interactive Notebook,  Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted  Arrows are used to show relationships between graphics and notes  Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts, graphic organizer- can be included to help you remember

The Notebook Cover  Should reflect who the student is  At home take some time to decorate the cover that tells me something about you  Student’s name should be on the back cover too  Must be creative

Ian Set -Up  Each IAN is set up the same  Each IAN has a left side explanation sheet and a right side explanation sheet for the 1 st 2 pages.  Then each IAN has a Table of Contents (First 6 pages)  At the back of each IAN you will have a IAN Rubric and an IAN score sheet

Table of Contents  Save 1 to 6 pages for TOC  These are the organizing pages  The TOC can be as detailed as you want  It is an outline of the IAN and should be filled in as you go  Your page will be divided in half-vertically (down). Number horizontally (across)

So What’s Next?!  Teacher supplied notes will go on the right side include screencasts, reading notes, and student worksheets. Think about the right as TEACHER INPUT  On the left side will be drawings, concept maps, cartoons, opinions, “what-if questions, reflections, data and graphs,vocabulary squares. Think about the left as STUDENT OUTPUT (How you are processing the info)

Page Organization  Topic/Title at top of the Page  Do not turn pages to continue notes  The key to the IAN is one page per assignment  Add pages to bottom of each page to extend the page and continue notes in sequence

Notebooks should be Neat and Organized  Pages are never torn out  Must be kept neat because they will serve as a study guide for the AP Test

Notes on Right Side from Screencast or Readings  Use Cornell notes – why switch?  Feared that students were not learning much by filling in the blanks  Research shows that note taking helps students remember what is said  Writing has been shown to be a great tool for learning

Cornell Note Format Topic: __________________________________ Date: _____/_____/______ Period: ______________ Questions/Main Ideas: ­__________________________________ __________________________________ Notes: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Topic Title Questions developed from notes Date Notes from screencast or reading

Questions created on Notes  Three levels  Level 1 – Gathering information  Questions start with define, Identify, describe, list  Level 2-Processing  Questions start with compare, contrast, classify, analyze, distinguish, explain  Level 3-Applying  Questions start with predict, speculate, evaluate, hypothesize

Question should also reflect  Info you don’t understand or want to discuss with your instructor  Info you think would be a good on an essay test  Gaps in your notes

Got It?  All information that can be tested should be found in your IAN  If the student misses an item on a test or a quiz, they can locate that info in their IAN and mark that page for review (or add info that was missing)  The IAN should be the only study guide you will need in preparation for AP Test

How is the Notebook graded?  IANS will graded weekly on Friday  Evaluation- teacher and student  IANS primarily peer graded  The notebooks will be randomly distributed for peer grading  Instructor will spot check

Questions?????

IAN Assignment-Sept 11  Watch Thermodynamics screencast and create Cornell notes on the screencast  Due Friday Sept 13