INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS “Your Key to Success in Science”

I was absent last week. Did I miss anything? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD YOURSELF SAY... I can't find my notes / homework / labs What did we do in class yesterday? I'm sure it’s at home … in my book bag . . . in Freebird’s room . . . I was absent last week. Did I miss anything?

WELL, HERE’S YOUR ANSWER! Science Notebook The Interactive Science Notebook

WHAT IS IT? A personalized diary of learning. A portfolio of your work in one convenient place. This is great for studying for upcoming quizzes & tests. A great organizational tool that gives you permission to be creative with your notes, write-ups, and written work. Allows you to be like a real scientist. Science Notebook

REAL SCIENTISTS USE NOTEBOOKS

LEFT SIDE vs. RIGHT SIDE The right side is the input side and contains information given by the teacher. Much of your traditional note taking will go on this side. In a lab, your hypothesis & data collection would go on the right side. The left side “LOVES”student work. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity. This is the “output” or production side. In a lab, your data display, graphing and analysis of data, and conclusion would go on this side.

RIGHT SIDE Odd Pages = 1,3,5,7, etc. The RIGHT side of the notebook contains information given to you by your teacher. This is the ESSENTIAL information that will definitely be on a quiz or test. During labs your experimental question, hypothesis, and data collection tables appear on this side – INPUTS! Odd Pages = 1,3,5,7, etc.

LEFT SIDE EVEN PAGES = 2,4,6,8, etc. The left side belongs to you. Drawings, diagrams, foldables, observations, cartoons, any RELATED CLASSWORK Questions Mindmaps Graphical display of data, and analysis, and conclusions… EVEN PAGES = 2,4,6,8, etc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS DATE DESCRIPTION PAGE #

NOTEBOOK RULES No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science Notebook should only be used for SCIENCE All entries must go into the Table of Contents BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK