Handy Dandy Science Notebooks Also called HDSN T. Tomm

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It is your own personalized SCIENCE BOOK. A portfolio of your work in ONE spot that you bring EVERY DAY. This is a great resource for STUDYING for quizzes & tests. A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives you permission to be COLORFUL and CREATIVE to show me what you know or have learned. Allows you to be like a REAL SCIENTIST by asking QUESTIONS, RECORDING what you observe, and SHARING it with your classmates! Source: Gretchen Vikingson at

HDSN Supplies Scissors NO MARKERS! (except on the covers) Spiral Notebook Pens & PencilsColored Pencils Glue Dot, dot – not a lot!

 “LOVES” YOUR work. This is the side that you can use to show me what you learned in a creative and colorful way.  This is the “output” or product side.  Even-numbered pages The HDSN is divided into TWO sections: Source: Gretchen Vikingson at  “ RESTRICTED” to Mrs. Tomm’s input work  Contains info my teacher tells me to “ADD” or “WRITE”  This is the “input” side or info side.  Odd-numbered pages

Do not RIP OUT pages or tear corners. All handouts MUST BE GLUED IN! Please don’t DOODLE unless it relates to science. Your HDSN should only be used for SCIENCE CLASS and COMES TO CLASS EVERYDAY! Each page should have the DATE and PAGE#. BE COLORFUL, CREATIVE, & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK! Source: Gretchen Vikingson at

QUESTIONS?

Getting Started 1 – Get out your spiral notebook. 2 - Fill out the info on the cover. 3 - Glue it on the front of the cover. Four Corners = 4C Put a drop of glue on each corner

Page Numbers Add PAGE NUMBERS for the first twenty-one pages. 1 st - Start with 1 in the bottom-right corner of the first page 2 nd - Follow with a 2 on the back of that page in the bottom-left corner. 3 rd – Continue until you number up to #21. EVENSODDS

Science Starters Glue your SCIENCE STARTER worksheet on page one by following your teacher’s directions! FOLD A FLAP (or FAF): Fold the left side back and glue the flap.

Year of Science T. Trimpe

Can you unscramble all the words below? Hint: They are all science terms we will study this year. 1. ODOFWBE 2. LECOGOY 3. MSREYCHIT S 4. ELIMS 5. INASMAL 6. PTSLAN 7. EIGESNTC 8. AND 9. RSECPMIOSCO 10. RCFNOIESS Not sure? Take a guess! You need an answer for every #. ABSENT? Have me initial the box to get credit for those days!

The answers are... FOODWEB Miss one? Cross out your answer and write the right one next to it. 1. ODOFWBE 2. LECOGOY 3. MSREYCHIT S 4. ELIMS 5. INASMAL 6. PTSLAN 7. EIGESNTC 8. AND 9. RSECPMIOSCO 10. RCFNOIESS ECOLOGY CHEMISTRY SLIME ANIMALS PLANTS GENETICS DNA MICROSCOPE FORENSICS

Your assignment … Add pictures, diagrams, or words that describes your favorite science things. You may draw them or use images you find online.

1 st - Write “Super Science Words” on the top of page 2. 2 nd - Fold the left side of the Scavenger Hunt worksheet. Glue onto page 3 of your notebook. 3 rd – Follow your teacher’s directions to complete the worksheet. FOLD A FLAP (or FAF): Fold the left side back and glue the front.