1. Interactive Science Notebooks
Presented by
Jennifer Solari
Portions adopted from A. Holder, M. Wells, E. Dubose, and T. Burleigh

2. What is an Interactive Science Notebook (ISN)?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is an
Interactive Science
Notebook (ISN)?

3. SCIENTISTS USE NOTEBOOKS!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. THEY RECORD THEIR THOUGHTS!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. LEWIS and CLARK THEY TAKE NOTES ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LEWIS and CLARK

6. LEONARDO DaVINCI THEY RECORD THEIR OBSERVATIONS!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LEONARDO
DaVINCI

7. 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.

8. You will use your notebook daily.
YOU ARE A SCIENTIST!
You will use your notebook daily.
You will record your thoughts, ideas, observations, and notes.
You will turn in your notebooks periodically (e.g. at the end of a lesson, unit or term).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. You will put the date and page number on each page for every entry!
HOW WILL THIS HAPPEN?!
You will put the date and page number on each page for every entry!
When needed, you will use a piece of tape, or a staple to place papers in your notebook.
You will not tear out any pages.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Why Use Interactive Science Notebooks?
To organize thoughts and information
To develop habits of mind (good work habits)
To improve critical thinking skills
Through reflections
Self-assessment
Through expository (non-fiction) writing
To see the developmental progression of an investigation
Express understanding creatively

11. It helps the teacher… identify evidence of student learning
identify students’ misconceptions
collect evidence of student growth over time
develop next steps for planning and teaching

12. Science Notebook Setup12

13. Science Notebook Supplies
tape or glue stick
Spiral Notebook
pens & pencils
scissors
colored pencils
NO MARKERS! 13

14. INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOK (ISN)
Right Side
Student Output—you show understanding of new material and process or apply the new information.
Pre-/post- opinions/arguments
Graphic organizers
Illustrations
Reflections
Questions
Data and Graphs
Songs/Poems
Cartoons or cartoon strips
Summary/conclusions
Applications/Big Idea
Problem solving/Thinking skills
Left Side
Teacher Directed-new information
Includes information from other sources:
Class Notes
Reading notes
Handouts
articles
Lab Activities
Experiments
Video Notes

15. Getting started - Step 1:
My Name
My Grade
On the cover, write your name and period #. Name of class: physical science.
Physical Science
Notebook 15

16. Annette Holder 1st period

17. Step 2: At the top of the first 3 pages in notebook write Table of Contents. Divide each page into 6 columns. Label the columns Date, Title, page # as shown below.

18. Step 3:
Starting with the first page on the right after the table of contents, number the first 50 pages. Numbers should be small and at the top outside corner of every page. 2 1 3 4 18

19. Left SIDE
The LEFT side of the notebook contains information given to you by Ms. Solari.
This is the ESSENTIAL information that will DEFINITELY be on a quiz or test.
Nothing else should go on this side.

20. RIGHT SIDE INCLUDES: Warm up Your Questions Diagrams & Graphs
Graphic Organizers
Reflections
Flip pages
Applications, etc.
Summaries
Making Connections
Warm Up: Complete the following: consumer, producer, decomposer
Plants, mice, and other mammals are

21. INPUT (notes from teacher) OUTPUT (reflections/interpretation)
Warm up: Complete the following: consumer, producer, decomposer
Plants, mice, and other mammals are

22. APPENDIX Step 3: Count out the last 8 pages of your science notebook.
Label each page A-P in the upper corner.
You will add resources that you can use throughout the year in this section. These will help guide you through left-sided assignments. B A C D

23. ATTACH THESE INSTRUCTIONS ONTO PAGE A Output/Reflection Activities
For when you have REFLECTION for homework or classwork
YOUR WORK MUST BE BASED ON CLASS WORK DONE ON LEFT SIDE OF NOTEBOOK FROM CURRENT TOPIC WE ARE STUDYING
REFLECTION WORK WILL BE WRITTEN ON RIGHT SIDE OF OPEN NOTEBOOK (Even-numbered pages)
Illustrate (homework will specify either 1a, 1b, or 1c)
Draw a picture of each vocabulary word or phrase.
Draw a picture and label the features on your illustration.
Create an illustration about a major point in today’s notes and then label the features
Cartoon with at least 3 frames with word bubble or captions for each frame.
Write a connection to the topic (4-6 sentences).
Venn Diagram to compare items (must have at least 3 items).
Real World Connection (RWC):
Find an article about our topic either on the internet, in a newspaper or in a magazine.
Copy if needed, and paste it into your notebook (R-side).
Underneath: write a 3-4 sentence summary of the article.
AND write 3-4 sentences explaining how it relates to our current science topic.
6. Write a poem explaining today's class work notes. Must be at least 6 lines long. Does not have to rhyme.
7. Write a song explaining today’s class work. Must be at least 6 lines long, and must include a title. You could use
the melody from a popular song, a children’s song or a well-known song. Below the title, write the melody or song that
you put your own words to.
8. Graph: Make a graph comparing at least 3 items from current material.

24. Graphic Organizers Help organize thoughts
Assist with answering open response questions

25. Used to compare and contrast
page B Venn Diagram
Used to compare and contrast

26. EXAMPLE

27. Page C
T-chart-Used to compare
2 items
Web or Net-used to brainstorm about a topic

28. EXAMPLES

29. Flow Chart- used to show the sequence (order) of events
Page D
Concept Wheel -- The main idea goes in the center circle of the wheel, with the supporting details going in the ‘spokes’.

30. EXAMPLES

31. Page E
Top Down organizer - shows how items are related to one another

32. Grown foods in produce section of supermarket
Example
Grown foods in produce section of supermarket
Fruit
Vegetable
Fungi
apple
Celery
Shitake Mushroom
Portabella mushroom
pear
Radish

33. Page F
Fish Bones –used to classify and describe sub-ideas

34. Fish Bones

35. Page G- (ATTACH MODEL TO PAGE G)
Frayer Model-used to describe vocabulary/key terms
Define the vocabulary Give characteristics or
term or concept features of the term/
concept
Write the name of
term/concept
Give examples of
the term/concept Illustrate (draw)
picture or example of
concept/term
Illustration

36. Page H
Kit inventory-staple your copy of the instruments and materials we will use in class on this page. Make sure you are able to open and view all pages in this doc.

37. Page I- staple the model page here
THREE PART NOTES
Directions:
1. Identify the chapter title
2. Identify the chapter #, section# and pages reviewed
3. Write the subtitle of each section. In your books the subtitles are colored ___________.
4. Change the subtitle into a question that can be answered.
5. Write the answer to the question. Be sure to provide appropriate information, definitions and
examples in the answer.

38. As the year progresses, you will add more resources to your appendix
As the year progresses, you will add more resources to your appendix. Use them when you need guidance.

39. We Are READY!
Science
Notebook 39