1. Ms. Andrea Biggs Ms. Roberta Pace
Inquiry Classroom
Ms. Andrea Biggs
Ms. Roberta Pace

2. We Use the Interactive Notebook
A critical step in becoming an effective learner and a successful student is to develop a consistent process for organizing materials.
Students need to understand that they need to be highly organized and that they possess these skills.

3. Learning Process
Learning occurs best when a student is able to process and reflect on new information or input.
The Interactive notebook helps you to internalize the learning process.

4. Interactive Science Notebook Overview
In this notebook, students use both sides of the notebook (analogous to the right and left brain hemispheres) to take in information (input), do something with the information (filter), and then use the information to produce a product (output).

5. InterActive Notebook Schematic
Input: Lab, Lecture, Text
Right Sides of the Notebook
Student Output on Left Sides
Brain Filters Input & Responds

6. Interactive Notebooks
This style of notebook uses both the right and left brain hemispheres to help students sort, categorize, remember and creatively interact with new information

7. Students use the right side for input of information such as lectures, video, text etc.
The left side is for interacting with the information on the right.

8. Left Side – Right Side Concept maps Diagrams Flow charts
Poems, songs, raps
Cartoons
Lab analysis and conclusions
Lecture Notes
Readings
Presentations
Videos
Labs
Handouts

9. Advantages Students take ownership of their work Grading is holistic
Students can develop knowledge over time and reflect on their own learning.
Parents are invited to look at student work, respond to it and communicate with you.
Students have a review for end of term exams

10. Make It Your Own Notebooks should be graded once a week or so.
Don’t give up if you fall behind on the grading
It does take time to learn to trust the students.
Once you managed it grading takes less than 15 minutes.

11. Make It Your Own cont’d.
Left side activities are important part of the notebook.
Be sure to incorporate rigor and writing opportunities for your students
It takes a while to get in the habit of left side activities.
First select for the class the activity they will do, later on allow students to choose which left side activity the would like to do.