1. Science Lab Notebooks
How to create your lab notebook

2. People don’t learn from experiences,
They learn from processing their experiences
-Bob Garmston

3. Impact of Science Notebooks on Student Achievement
Research shows that student understanding and literacy skills improve when students use science notebooks to make sense of their science investigations.

4. GETTTING STARTED…
Title Page
Includes:
Your Name
Science lab
Mr. McKenzie 704
Period 7
This is your lab book….You need to decorate this page the way you want to!
The Cover will emerge for you as you take this notebook with you from place to place. Some people will doodle, some will cover the cover, some will leave it just the way it is, some will add stickers.
It is yours and you can express yourself through the cover, if you so desire.

5. Don’t forget to let your notebook reflect your…
ARTISTIC
PERSONALITY

6. SCIENTIST’S NOTEBOOKS
The following slides show real notebooks from scientists who work at Battelle – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.
Watch carefully as important parts to a scientist’s notebook are shared.

7. Computational Chemist
Neatly written and Sequential
Math Data
Numbers are Legible

8. Reference graphs and tables pasted or drawn into notebook
Materials Scientist
Sample Sketches

9. Materials Scientist NEVER ERASE….cross out material not needed
with only one line
May need to review results later

10. Descriptions written in detail
ECOLOGIST
Descriptions written in detail
NOTICE
Signed and Dated

11. THINKING ABOUT SCIENTISTS’ NOTEBOOKS…
What are some of the things you saw in the scientists’ notebooks?
Did you notice how neat the entries were?
Did you see tables, graphs and drawings?
These things should be incorporated into your Lab Book!!

12. You will put in your Notebook
Let’s
Look At
The
Parts
You will put in your Notebook

13. Use the first 1-3 pages for the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Use the first 1-3 pages for the
Table of Contents…
DATE INVESTIGATION PAGE#
Draw Columns and Labeled Your Notebook Like the Example Above

14. Investigation Title and Number
Activity/Investigation Title goes on the top line, date at the top left side and page numbers on top right side 1
Date
Investigation Title and Number .

15. When doing a Science Lab .
Use the right page for notes, details, etc
Use the left page for reflections, drawings, etc.
Pg. No.
Investigation Title

16. When Taking Notes
The right hand side of the journal is for notes and the left hand side opposite the page is used for important details, vocabulary words and drawings.
Title
Pg No.
Date
This section used for notes
NOW COMES A BIT OF SECOND HAND LEARNING – A PICTURE WITH LABELED PARTS…
From you can get an official picture of the pencil and its anatomy along with lots of great information.
Now we have a term for the metal holder.
(if you use a Word Bank, each of the terms students are experiencing, while having a first-hand experience of those terms, can be added to the word bank.)
Since you now know the proper term for the metal band, turn back to your own drawing of the pencil and add the term “FERRULE” to your drawing to improve the drawing’s accuracy.

17. Left Side Right Side Student Output Teacher Input/Content
Concept Maps
Drawings
Reflective Writing
Questions
Songs
Poems
Cartoons or cartoon strips
Lecture Notes
Lab Activities
Video Notes
Summaries
Textbook Notes
Procedures for experiments
Classroom Specific Information
Data and Graphs

18. OUTPUT (left page) (your interpretation)
Example Page:
OUTPUT (left page) (your interpretation)
INPUT (right page) (notes from teacher)

19. Graphic Organizer - Student Made Organizer

20. Video Reflection
Video Notes

21. Example of a Graphic Organizer
Fish Bones

22. Update Your Table of Contents
Always Remember
Update Your Table of Contents
Table of Contents are Important Pages…
Don’t forget to update these pages before each activity

23. Last page
Cut and glue 4 Rubrics for assessment questions.
They need to be trimmed down so they can all fit!

24. Index for vocabulary words at the last 7 pages -This is just for the words!

26. Notebook ppt created by Nancy Ray
NOW IT IS TIME
After you have made decisions about your title page….start the process of creating you lab notebook
You have the rest of the period to complete your title page and table of contents. Notebooks need to be ready to use by August 31.
Notebook ppt created by Nancy Ray