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Tool links professional world and classroom Inquiry-based lab notebook

Notebook links classroom and professional world “Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own.” William Zinsser, author of Writing to Learn

NCSCOS goals NCSCOS goals Top 2 Science Goals –Design and conduct scientific inquiry –Understand technological design Major Math Skills –Solve relevant, authentic problems

21 st Century Skills All types of literacy Global awareness Problem solving Collaboration Creativity Communication

Ways to set it up TYPEADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES ELECTRONIC Can be “ backed up ” Easy to cut and paste Easy to share data and documents Hard to “ draw ” diagrams Loss of nostalgic “ art ” Loses some authenticity Can be tampered with Side notes may be “ lost ” PAPER (BOUND) Easy to make notes & draw Easy to flip through Tangible More “ secure ” & authentic Can ’ t easily be reproduced or shared

Ways to set it up Entry level –Title & date –Purpose –Procedure –Results –Conclusion Notebook level –Instructions –Table of contents –Numbered pages –Chronological

Interactive format Purpose: focus on today’s activity Examples: pre-test, quick-write, demonstration, T-chart Purpose: information from today’s activity (learning) Examples: textbook or lecture notes, vocabulary, lab procedure & data, worksheet, concept map Purpose: reflect or apply today’s activity Examples: content or lab questions, quick-write, summary, diagram, graph

Using notebooks Teacher driven Student driven Journal Portfolio Individual Collaborative

Grading Lab Notebooks Self, peer and teacher assessment Rubric grades concepts, clarity, mechanics 5 “Totally Awesome”  Writing shows in-depth understanding of concepts  Work shows in-depth reflection throughout the learning process  Contains all expected components, including dates and labels on each page  All pages are numbered properly, matching table of contents  Right and Left side work is correctly organized with all criteria  Use of color and labeled diagrams enhance understanding  The notebook is very neat…SWEET!

8 th grade Microbiology Disease outbreak, day 1 –Brainstorm how infectious disease spreads –Definitions –Diseases, highlight carrier and vector –Include 5 class examples in notebook –What conditions ↑ disease spread? (examples) –Top 2 ways to prevent spread of specific disease

8 th grade Microbiology Disease outbreak, day 2 –Current event about disease outbreak –Case studies What info do you need? How will you find it? What can you conclude given the available information? What more do you need to know? Checklist of steps epidemiologists use

HS Earth Science Geology Expedition –Choose fossil site –Investigate rock features, geologic time –Endangered species, population dynamics –Packing list –Fossil finds –Simulate dig

Middle School Math Music delivery investigation –Read and reflect, music industry changes –Compare types of graphs and purpose –Building meaning from data –Interpreting or misinterpreting –Support your position with graphs

HS AP Statistics Students find a data set Ask and answer questions for “their” data –Descriptive statistics –Graphing, distributions, outliers –Handling categorical and continuous data –Methods of data collection –Generalizations

HS Geometry Cafeteria redesign –Students define the problem –Identify what they need to know –Gather information –Calculate and redesign the cafeteria space –Present and defend solutions, including $

HS Algebra I Model currency conversion, including fee Cell phone plans –Equations for cost of low, medium & high use Careers in banking –Working with exponential growth

Sample Notebook

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