Unlocking Science Success

INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

A interactive notebook (ISN) 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 & test

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 is for LEARNING. This is the side that holds information that I give you.

The Right Side is for REFLECTION and contains only your reflections about what you have learned. It should be full of color, and it’s the side where you can get creative.

The notebook is divided into TWO sections.

The notebook is divided into TWO sections.

LEFT side “loves”

STUDENT work = OUTPUT

RIGHT side is “restricted” to TEACHER INPUT

WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word.Decomposer Producer Consumer

Plants are ____. Lions, tigers, and bears are ____. Worms and mushrooms are____

The LEFT SIDE should only contain information given from Mrs. Wilson while we are learning new material. Nothing else should be placed on this page!

The LEFT SIDE contains all the TESTABLE material.

Even Pages = 2,4,6,8..YOU KNOW IT.

Date Warm Up Essential Question Notes from

– Teacher guided PowerPoint notes– Group collaboration notes– Movie/video– Article/textbook readings

Vocabulary words Lab procedures Study Guides

The RIGHT SIDE belongs to you. On this page you may include diagrams,

cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc. Let your CREATIVITY go wild!

The RIGHT side loves color.

ODD PAGES = 1,3,5,7…YOU GOT IT..

The day’s activity is placed on the RIGHT or REFLECTION side of the notebook. This section acts as a reinforcement and processing for the LEFT or LEARNING side.

Graphic Organizers Diagrams/Illustrations Poems, Song Lyrics Cartoons/Comics Lab Analysis Advertisements Etc.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BEAS CREATIVE AS YOU WANTTO BE

colored pencils

Pens & pencils

NO MARKERS!

3-subject Spiral Notebook

Highlighters

Scissors

Tape

The name of the course: – Earth Science

The words: – Science Interactive Notebook

The class period that you have science:

– 3rd period, for example

The school year: 2011-2012 Your teacher: Mrs. Wilson Your name: (self explanatory)

My Name

My Grade

SCIENCE

INTERACTIVE

NOTEBOOK

EARTH SCIENCE

YOUR NAME

Your Class Period

Mrs. Wilson

2011-2012

Left-Side Items Page Right-Side Items Page

1 Left Side Info 6 1 Right Side Info 7

2 1st Semester Syllabus

82 Rocks Unit Cover Page

9

3 10 3 11

4 4

5 5

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 – Barbara Zimmerman, adapted from her original

presentation– Annette Holder, rockin’ Science– Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive!