“Your Key To Success in Science” SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK

 A interactive notebook (INB) 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 be like a REAL SCIENTIST !

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The Left SIDE “LOVES” student work. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity. This is the “output” or product side. The Right side is “RESTRICTED” and contains only information given by Mrs. Redic. Nothing else should be placed on the RIGHT SIDE!! The notebook is divided into TWO sections.

LEFT side “loves ” STUDENT work = OUTPUT RIGHT side is “restricted” to TEACHER INPUT

The LEFT SIDE belongs to you. It contains the day’s activity (LIGHTBULB) and the analysis portion of labs. On this page you may also include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc. Let your CREATIVITY go wild! ODD PAGES =1, 3, 5, 7, 9…YOU GOT IT..

The DAY’S ACTIVITY is placed on the LEFT side of the notebook. INCLUDES:  Lab Data and Conclusions  DAY’S ACTIVITY

The back part of your journal is reserved for Bellringers. The TOP of the left side has the date and each number refers to that day’s bellringer. This “bellringer” is either on the whiteboard or on PowerPoint. It acts as a review before the start of class and should be completed within the first FIVE minutes of class. Fill in the missing word. Decomposer Producers Consumers Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are ________. Worms and mushrooms are_________ Date:

The day’s activity is placed on the LEFT or OUTPUT side of the notebook. This is indicated with a yellow light bulb icon. This section acts as a reinforcement for the RIGHT or INPUT side side and is referred to as the BELLRINGER. This side entails hands on, tactile learning

Foldables from Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Drawings/Illustrations Poems, Rap Songs Cartoons/Comics Lab Analysis Quizzes Teach Your Parent YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU WANT TO BE

The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and should only contain information given or “input” from Mrs. Redic. Nothing else should be placed on this page! The RIGHT SIDE contains the notes and will contain all the TESTABLE material. Even Pages = 2,4,6,8..YOU KNOW IT.

The RIGHT side of the notebook contains information given to you by Mrs. Redic. It has a purple notepad in the corner. This is the ESSENTIAL information that will DEFINITELY be on a quiz or test. Nothing else should go on this side.

Notes from – Teacher guided Powerpoint notes – Movie/Video – Article Readings Vocabulary words Lab procedures Study Guides

“ISN's are easy to do and worth a lot of points, so take time and effort to do them well.“ "Always update your table of contents so papers don't get messed up - or in case of an ISN check.“ "An ISN is a great tool, keep it organized!“ "Colorize things. It looks so much better that way” "Keep it in order, because you never know when a notebook check might come up.“ "You have to spend quality time on your ISN.“

Scissors colored pencils Erasable pens & pencils NO MARKERS! ONE 3/5- SUBJECT Spiral Notebook “MEAD works BEST” Glue or glue stick HIGHLIGHTER

Your creative name of the course: – Ex. My Adventures in Eighth Grade Science Your name: (self explanatory) Your “awesome” teacher: Mrs. Redic Your science class period The school year: 2013 – 2014 OPTIONAL: TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES: – You can draw, get from magazine, or Internet. My Name My Grade

MY ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE YOUR NAME Mrs. Redic YOUR PERIOD

Starting with the 1 st page, number the first 50 pages. The 1st page is 0. Numbers should be small and at the top outside corner of every page. 2 (Skip pages These will be REFERENCE PAGES) Class Syllabus 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORS PAGE “ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE” TABLE OF CONTENTS 0

At the top of PAGES 3,4,5,6,7, and8 write Table of Contents. Divide each page into 4 columns: Date, Description, Page #, Grade 4 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 56

7 8 9 On page 9, you will glue class procedures. On page 10, you will paste your safety contract. LAB SAFETY CONTRACT Classroom Procedures TABLE OF CONTENTS 10

DATEDESCRIPTIONPAGE #Grade/ Stamp

Sample Author P a g e

No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science Notebook should be used for SCIENCE CLASS ONLY DATE AND NUMBER each page All entries must go into the Table of Contents BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides from – Annette Holder, rockin’ Science Annette Holder – Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive! Doug Saunders – ScienceNotebook.com, great resource ScienceNotebook.com – Mr. Taft, student quotes Mr. Taft