L06a-Lakeside Revisiting the Essences of Sense-Making Science Notebooks

Session Outcome Review the benefits & rationale for using notebooks as sense-making tools for students. Review the 4 “essences” of science notebooks Explore the ways in which science notebooks support the instructional shifts of NGSS Think about how to move forward with notebooks in your classroom

How People Learn Prior Knowledge Conceptual Frameworks Metacognition Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works. If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts Conceptual Frameworks Students must: a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge, b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework, and c) organize knowledge in ways that facilitate retrieval and applications. Metacognition A “metacognitive” approach to instruction can help students learn to take control of their own learning by defining goals and monitoring progress in achieving them.

Notebooks and Their Keepers

Thinking is about thinking. It is not about formatting!

Why Student Notebooks? Reading Directions Everyone read page 28 #1 read 29-30; #2 read 30 ; #3 read 30-31; #4 read 31-32; #5 read 32   Find a golden line and write on sentence strip   Place golden line under appropriate heading

Notebooks and HPL How do sense-making science notebooks support How People Learn? Prior Knowledge Conceptual Frameworks Metacognition

Taking Science To School “All major aspects of inquiry, including managing the process, making sense of data, and discussion and reflection on the results, may require guidance. In the absence of instruction or prompts, students may not routinely ask questions of themselves, such as What are you going to do next? What outcome do you predict? What did you Learn? How do you know” NRC 2007 The prompts scaffold integration of new knowledge and existing knowledge.

Essence of Thinking: 4 “Essences” Prior Knowledge Gathering Data Making Sense of Data Metacognition

Analyzing Student Thinking With your table group: Review Student Work H4 Cells. Which of the essences do you see? Note them on the student work What do you suppose prompted students to make these entries?

Supporting NGSS shifts… A 6th reason to use science notebooks Interconnected nature of science as practiced in the real world Deeper understanding and application of content through Practices NGSS and CCSS aligned

3-2-1 Reflection! Things that you want to remember from this session. Things you are going to share with other teachers about notebooks. 1 Thing that you will try doing with notebooks in your classroom this year?