1. Why Science Journals or Notebooks?
Rosemary Martin
Supporting Science, Inc.

2. Purposes of a science journal
Research has verified the achievement benefit of using science journals or notebooks.
Purposes of a science journal
Models the way a scientist works
Is used daily
Has drawings with labels
Has notes & concept maps
Has quick graphs
Has vocabulary work
Has data shown in charts & tables
Has information & student reflections relating to classroom/home science investigations

3. Clark’s data, and sketches
Lewis
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Clark’s data, and sketches

4. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches
This manuscript is on paper bound in morocco leather, containing 238 pages of various sizes that had been cut and removed from other manuscripts. The collection deals with a variety of different subjects including studies in geometry, weights and architecture. Most of the pages can be dated to between 1480 and 1518.

5. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches
'On the Flight of Birds' This collection includes 17 pages (measuring 21 x 15 cm) out of the original 18. It deals primarily with the flight of birds, which Leonardo analyzed with a very rigorous approach, paying particular attention to the mechanics of flight, as well as to air resistance, winds and currents. The pages can be dated to approximately 1505.

6. three wheel clock sketches
Benjamin Franklin’s
three wheel clock sketches
Franklin invented a 24-hour, three-wheel clock that was much simpler than most clock designs of the time. Franklin's clock, like others from that period, only had one hand. Minute hands were not added to clocks until later. Franklin biographer Carl Van Doren describes this invention as "a curious clock, economical but not quite practical." In 1758, Franklin's friend, James Ferguson, improved the clock, much to Franklin's pleasure.

7. Thomas Edison

8. The first page is a title page (like a book). You decide your own title.

9. Guidelines to help you make your journal are placed inside the front cover

10. This helps you find an entry fast when you need it
Make 2 or more pages after the title page a Table of Contents (like a book)
Make columns for:
Date
Entry
Page
This helps you find an entry fast when you need it

11. Decide how you will number and use the pages
If you decide to number fronts only you will have space on the back facing page to return to an entry to add additional information when needed.
Number pages in the upper corner. Number several pages to start.
Record your entries on your Table of Contents as you fill pages.

12. Things to remember:
Having a sample journal to show as a visual when you introduce journals is important.
If students record in a way that has meaning for them, they feel more “ownership” of their journal.
Journals become a useful reference in student discussions, reviewing, studying, etc.
Journals show evidence of student learning over time.

13. Why composition books work well
They are different from spirals (kids perceive spirals as ordinary).
The paper is sturdy and kids are less likely to rip out pages.
No wires to get tangled when you stack them.
Wal-mart/Target-usually have lowest price
Dollar stores–sometimes available

14. An easy “how to” guide for student journaling
How to start
How to teach technical drawing
How to monitor journaling growth
Buy on-line at or other bookstores
by Campbell & Fulton ISBN