1. Science Journaling A way to record and remember what you are learning
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Research is verifying the achievement benefit using science journals or notebooks.
Purposes of a science journal
Models the way a scientist works
Is used daily
Has drawings with labels
Has notes & concept maps
Has quick graphs
Has vocabulary work
Has data shown in charts & tables
Has information & student reflections relating to classroom/home science investigations
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3. How does journaling help you learn the TEKS?
The student is expected to . . .
Observe
Describe
Identify
Communicate
Explain
Justify
Sort/Group/Classify
Predict
Record
Illustrate
Construct graphs/tables/maps/charts
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4. What does a real scientists journal look like?
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5. Clark’s data, and sketches
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Clark’s data, and sketches
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6. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches
This manuscript is on paper bound in morocco leather, containing 238 pages of various sizes that had been cut and removed from other manuscripts. The collection deals with a variety of different subjects including studies in geometry, weights and architecture. Most of the pages can be dated to between 1480 and 1518.
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7. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches
'On the Flight of Birds' This collection includes 17 pages (measuring 21 x 15 cm) out of the original 18. It deals primarily with the flight of birds, which Leonardo analyzed with a very rigorous approach, paying particular attention to the mechanics of flight, as well as to air resistance, winds and currents. The pages can be dated to approximately 1505.
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8. three wheel clock sketches
Benjamin Franklin’s
three wheel clock sketches
Franklin invented a 24-hour, three-wheel clock that was much simpler than most clock designs of the time. Franklin's clock, like others from that period, only had one hand. Minute hands were not added to clocks until later. Franklin biographer Carl Van Doren describes this invention as "a curious clock, economical but not quite practical." In 1758, Franklin's friend, James Ferguson, improved the clock, much to Franklin's pleasure.
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Today you will begin making a Science Journal to record information you are learning.
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The first page you create is a title page (like a book). You decide the title for your journal.
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Guidelines to help you make your journal can be glued inside the front cover
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14. Reserve 2 or more pages after the title page for a Table of Contents (like a book)
Make columns for:
Date
Entry
Page
This helps you find an entry fast when you need it
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15. Decide how you will number and use the pages
If you decide to number fronts only you will have space on the back facing page to return to an entry to add additional information when needed.
Number pages in the upper corner. Number several pages to start.
Record your entries on your Table of Contents as you fill pages.
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Things to remember:
Record in a way that has meaning for you. Sometimes we will record things together but most of the time you will choose how you want to record things.
Your journal will be a useful reference in student discussions, reviewing, studying, etc.
Your journals will show evidence of your learning throughout the year.
Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006