1. Setting Up Your Notebook
Name on outside in marker
Inside Cover:
foss.org
username: somersetskypointescience8
password: scienceisfun
glue or staple in plicker
(can trim down to fit in notebook)

2. Front of Notebook 1st 5 pages are for Table of Contents (T of C)
can use a ruler to draw lines
need a column for date, title, and page #
1st clean page after your T of C is for your CER page-glue it in
Next page is for Helper Sentences-glue it in
Next page is for Written Response/Short Answer-glue it in

3. Number Your Pages
Starting with your CER page as 1, number EVERY page of your notebook. I like to put my numbers on the bottom of the page.
Put CER, Helper Sentences, and Written Response in your T of C as pages 1,2, and 3 (date is 8/19/19)

4. Back of Notebook On back cover, glue/staple the annotation paper
Create an Index on the back 3 pages.
Divide each page into 8 boxes.
In each box, write a letter.
Put WX and YZ in the same box
Put your index in your T of C A B C D E F G H Q R S T U V WX YZ

5. GIG Draw a line across the top on the top line.
Draw a line down the side the width of a ruler.
Put the date in the top corner.
In the top margin, write “In” and the essential question.
In the side margin, write “Out”.

7. Can you Identify the Claim, Evidence,
and Reasoning?
Audi Commercial: My Dad is a Space Alien
What claim does the girl make?
What is her evidence?

8. Magnets May Make Helmets Safer (Baggaley, K. Science News for Students
Magnets May Make Helmets Safer (Baggaley, K. Science News for Students. December 8, 2014)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Adding magnets to football helmets could reduce the risk of concussions, a new study finds. When two players collide, the magnets in each player’s helmet should repel the other’s. This should reduce the force of the collision.

9. Magnets May Make Helmets Safer (Baggaley, K. Science News for Students
Magnets May Make Helmets Safer (Baggaley, K. Science News for Students. December 8, 2014)
Adding magnets to football helmets could reduce the risk of concussions, a new study finds. When two players collide, the magnets in each player’s helmet should repel the other’s. This should reduce the force of the collision.
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning

10. Murder Mystery Queenie & Arthur…What happened in this image?
What claim can you make as to what happened to Arthur?
What is your evidence?
What is your reasoning?

12. Helper Sentences Make a Claim
I observed_________________ when _____________________.
I compared_________________ and _____________________.
I noticed_________________, when _____________________.
The effect of _________________ on ________________ is _______________________.
Provide Evidence for the Claim
The evidence I use to support __________________ is ________________________.
I believe _________________ (statement) because ________________ (justification).
I know that __________________ is ________________ because ____________________.
Based on _______________________, I think _________________________.
Explain how Evidence Supports your Claim and Scientific Principle that Applies
The evidence supports my claim because/by _________________. The scientific principle or law that supports my claim is ________________________, because ___________________________________________________.

13. Written Response/Short Answer
Always write in complete sentences.
Do not start with it, they, them, because…
Always tell who or what before using a pronoun.
Always provide evidence to support your answer (claim) and explain why (reasoning), even if the question does not ask for it.
Always identify the variable in your answer.
Bad Example: The boy pushed the cart until it was going so fast he fell off the track.
Better Example: The force (the boy) accelerated (pushed) the cart to the maximum speed of 25 m/s (going so fast) where the mass of 10kg (the cart) could not longer be accelerated (where the boy fell off the track).

14. Read the question twice 2x
Highlight key words, circle or underline directive words
Circle/box in graphics, data tables, diagrams
Data tables – show the math , show the relationships
Graphs/Charts – label the parts, label the relationships
Annotate RIGHT and WRONG answers
Cross off wrong answers, circle the correct answer
Check your answer to the question to make sure you answered the question BEFORE you move on to the next question

15. Modeling Strategies Sample Questions