1. SCIENCE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
“Your Key To Success in Science” 1

2. What is an Interactive Notebook?
An interactive notebook (NB) is your own personalized DIARY of learning about science.
A portfolio of your work in ONE convenient spot. This is great for studying for upcoming quizzes & tests.
A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives you permission to be PLAYFUL AND CREATIVE in your responses without "messing up" your notes.
Allows you to be like a REAL SCIENTIST!
Science
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3. Real Scientist Use Notebooks
Scientists keep notebooks!  Scientist's notebooks include what worked and what did not work in their investigations.  They sometimes learn much more from what did not work!  Scientist notebooks include data, drawings, charts, reflections, and new questions!  Scientists never cross out or erase what they record when new discoveries take place - they just add new entries, ideas, thoughts or reflections! 3

4. Real Scientist Use Notebooks
L E O
D I V I N C I
D I A N
F O S S E Y
Dian Fossey…American zoologist who studied gorillas. 4

5. Left Side-Right Side: WHICH SIDE?
The notebook is divided into TWO sections.
Left Side-Right Side: WHICH SIDE?
The Left SIDE is for student work. This is the side that you can use to show your creativity. This is the “output” or product side. It expands on what you learned.
The Right SIDE is contains only information given by the teacher. Nothing else should be placed on the RIGHT SIDE!! This is the side for teaching and learning. 5

6. RIGHT side is “restricted” to TEACHER INPUT
LEFT side =
STUDENT work = OUTPUT 6

7. LEFT SIDE
Your response to the day’s activity is placed on the bottom left or output side of the notebook. This section acts as a reinforcement for the right or input side.
You can design the left side any way you like unless specific guidelines are given. 7

8. Examples of Left Side Assignments
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
TO BE
AS CREATIVE AS
YOU WANT
Summary
Graphic Organizers
Drawings/Illustrations
Poems, Rap Songs
Cartoons/Comics
Fictional Story
Foldables
Express Your Opinions on the Lesson
Find a podcast on the subject, listen to it and write a response 8

9. DRAWINGS/ILLUSTRATIONS9

10. FOLDABLES 10

11. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS 11

12. The RIGHT SIDE will contain all the TESTABLE material.
RIGHT SIDE: MY SIDE
The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and should only contain information given or “input” from the teacher. Nothing else should be placed on this page!
The RIGHT SIDE will contain all the TESTABLE material.
Input on the right side can be found on the Important Information page of my website. 12

13. RIGHT SIDE
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. Nothing else should go on this side. 13

14. Example of Right Side "Input"
Notes from
Teacher Guided Powerpoint Notes
Movie/Video
Article Readings
Vocabulary Words
Lab Procedures
Study Guides 14

15. Example of Right Side "Input"15

16. Science Notebook Supplies ½’ binder with 5 dividers and paper
MARKERS!
Erasable Pens & Pencils
½’ binder with 5 dividers and paper
Highlighter
Glue sticks 16

17. COVER Write Science Notebook Your teacher’s name and class period
Getting Started: Step 1
Science
Notebook
My Name
My Grade
COVER
Write Science Notebook
Your teacher’s name and class period
Your name: (self explanatory)
TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES:
You can draw, get from magazine or Internet.

18. SCIENCE NOTEBOOK YOUR NAME Period _____ Teacher Name18

19. Setting up the Table of Contents and All About Me pages.
STEP 2
Setting up the Table of Contents and All About Me pages.
All About Me should be on white paper located at the very front of the binder before any dividers.
The table of Contents should be numbered 1-4 in the Table of Contents section
Author’s Page
“ALL ABOUT YOU”
Table Of Contents
Table Of Contents 1 2 19

20. TABLE OF CONTENTS
DATE
PAGE #
DESCRIPTION 20

21. STEP 3
To setup the NOTES section of the binder. The first page will be page 0 (zero) in order for the rest of the pages to line up correctly. You will number the pages in the bottom outside corner. These pages will be titled and listed in the Table of Contents.
NOTES 1 2 21

22. STEP 4
The rest of the notebook will continue in this method. Right side notes with left side expansion. 3 4 5 6 22

23. Your Name
Sample
Author
P a g e 23

24. No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners.
NOTEBOOK RULES
No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners.
No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science.
Notebook should only be used for SCIENCE CLASS ONLY.
DATE AND NUMBER each page.
All entries must go into the Table of Contents.
BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK. 24

25. WE ARE READY!
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