1. Bell Work Draw a rough sketch of this page of notes on your paper.
FIRST try to label all 7 parts of the Cornell Notes-styled page w/out your notes.
THEN check your work with your notes and make any corrections in a different color
John Doe
8/20/02
Period 7
Page 1
PENGUINS
Ps have flat feet
Better to swim with
Like swim fins
Ps have special blood
circulation system
Counter current flow
Warm blood from heart
warms cold blood from feet
Prevents freezing
Why do Ps
have flat feet?
What is
counter
-current flow?
Penguins are designed for their cold, ocean habitat.
They have flat feet for swimming and counter
-current blood flow to stay warm.

2. LET’S LABEL TOGETHER! DIVIDER HEADING PAGE # TITLE
John Doe
8/20/02
Period 7
Page 1
PENGUINS
Ps have flat feet
Better to swim with
Like swim fins
Ps have special blood
circulation system
Counter current flow
Warm blood from heart
warms cold blood from feet
Prevents freezing
Why do Ps
have flat feet?
What is
counter
-current flow?
Penguins are designed for their cold, ocean habitat.
They have flat feet for swimming and counter
-current blood flow to stay warm.
PAGE #
TITLE
MAIN IDEA / QUESTIONS
NOTES
SUMMARY

3. Cornell
Notes

4. large right hand column.
What goes where?
Questions,
subtitles,
vocabulary,
etc. go here,
in the left
hand column.
Remember,
we want
higher level
critical
thinking
questions.
Don’t forget the heading:
Name, Class, Period, Date, Topic
Notes go here, in the
large right hand column.
A 3 to 4 sentence summary down there on the bottom of the last page of notes

5. Class Notes Topic Questions, Subtitles, Headings, Etc.
First & Last Name
Class Title
Period
Date
Topic
Questions,
Subtitles,
Headings,
Etc.
Class Notes
The recall column should be completed after you have taken your notes, but before the summary!
2 1/2”
3 to 4 sentence summary across
the bottom of the last page of the day’s notes

6. SUMMARY
Summary is added at the end of ALL note pages on the subject (not page)
Summary added AFTER questions
are finished
Summary should answer the problem stated in the subject.

7. Cornell Notetaking To minimize your “rate of forgetting”
Don’t take notes = Forget 60 % in 14 days
Take some notes = Remember 60 %
Take organized notes and do something with them=
Remember % indefinitely!
Why should you
take notes?

8. Understanding How We Learn
Our brain’s outer layer (the neocortex) where higher level thinking occurs, has 100 billion brain cells or neurons.

9. When We Learn Something New:
A dendrite, a threadlike branch, grows out of each brain cell (neuron).
An axon transmits
information from one neuron to
another

10. Learning
When one neuron grows close enough to another neuron, a connection is made and information is transferred.
Learning = growth and the connecting of neurons.

11. Practice!
If you practice a new skill many times, the axon of the neuron gets coated in a protein called myelin.
Thinking can now occur more quickly, & you will remember the skill for a long time.

12. How We Forget
If we only practice a skill once or twice, the connection between neurons is weak.
If you do not practice the skill again, the dendrites wither & die.
You have forgotten the new skill!
Remember: Use it or lose it!

13. Brain Videos Brain Videos
How we learn something
How we learn: 6:53-10:15

14. Economics
Use numbers in the left column if you have a list of things!

15. Computerized Notes May reflect headings in PowerPoint lectures
Leave room on the left for questions and diagrams
Leave plenty of room within the outline for student note-taking

16. Tips for Studying with Notes
Make use of the format
Cover the right side of your notes (fold the page over, if needed)
Review and answer study questions from the left (use right side as an answer key)
Write out answers
Quiz yourself out loud

17. Tips for Studying with Notes
Write!
Write summaries of the most important material in the summary/reflection section
Write a quiz for others; exchange and correct

18. Tips for Studying with Notes
Review
Look over notes frequently to keep information and questions still unanswered fresh in mind
10 – 15 minutes / day will make such a difference!
Recite necessary info from notes

19. Tips for Studying with Notes
Study in a Group
Exchange notes with others who have complete notes
Use notes in study groups to provide a common ground of material for reference and review
Rewrite notes if necessary

20. The Right Study Skills & Attitude Will Pay Off!