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Jenny Gammill
Director of 21St Century Learning, FPS
CMASE, U of A
July 13, 20097/13/09 J Gammill
Today’s Objectives• Identify need for science notebooks
• Examine examples of notebooks
• Consider ways in which the teacher can provide structure to enhance student-centered science notebooks
• Consider ways in the science notebook may be used in classrooms
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"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."
— Albert Einstein7/13/09 J Gammill
Zach Hill Comic Strip
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 2-21-077/13/09 J Gammill
Why use science notebooks?
“People don’t learn from their experiences; they learn from processing their experiences.”
-Bob Garmston
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Early Efforts to Keep a Science Notebook
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Da Vinci’s Notebook Entry
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Alexander Graham Bell’s Notebook Entries
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Thomas Edison’s Notebook Entry
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John Muir’s Notebook Entry
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Science notebooks are…
• “…tools for STUDENTS to grapple with and make sense of THEIR understandings using recording and organizing strategies that are PERSONALLY meaningful.”
-Fulton and Campbell, 2004
• NOT strictly a journal• NOT strictly a logbook
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Purpose
• Build conceptual knowledge and understanding
• Enhance literacy skills• Support differentiated learning• Tool for formative assessment• Foster teacher collaboration
Science and Children, Nov/Dec 2005
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“Science Notebook Essentials”By Michael Klentschy
• Read Introduction and assigned component
• Summarize important points on chart paper in small groups
• Share out with whole group
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•My question: _________________ (Question)
•Today I (or we) want to find out_______ (Problem)
•I think ________will happen because (Prediction)
•I noticed (or observed) ___________ (Observation)
•Today I learned ____________ (Conclusion)
•I wonder ________________ (Reflection)•Questions I have now are _______________ (Next Steps/New Questions)
Sentence Stems
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Formatting Notebooks*
• Useful elements: Date, Time, Subject• “Codes” (see handout- “
Science Notebooking Components”)• Front/Back of each sheet• Glossary (tabbed)• Tabs for strands of science• Remember…this is the student’s notebook!
*(see handout- “Notebook Organization”)
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Notebook Entry Types*
• Drawings• Tables, Charts, Graphs• Graphic Organizer• Notes and Practice Problems• Reflective and Analytical Entries• Inserts• Investigation• Writing Frames
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Examine Notebook Entries
• What type of entry is it?
• What details do you notice?
• Appoint a reporter to share observations
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Assessing Notebooks
• Acquiring knowledge related to student’s level of understanding
• Sticky notes versus writing in student’s notebook
• Use a rubric
• Self-assessment
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Potential Problems of Notebooks
• Motivating students
• Special Needs students
• Absent students
• Lost notebooks
• Contracts
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Reflect
• How will I use science notebooks in my classroom?
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Resources
• Using Science Notebooks in the Elementary Classroom by Michael Klentschy
• Science Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry by Brian Campbell & Lori Fulton
• http://www.sciencenotebooks.org/
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