1. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 1 Science Journaling A way to record and remember what you are learning

2. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 2 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

3. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 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

4. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 4 What does a real scientists journal look like?

5. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 5 Lewis & Clark’s data, and sketches

6. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 6 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. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches

7. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 7 '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. Leonardo de Vinci’s notes & sketches

8. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 8 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. Benjamin Franklin’s three wheel clock sketches

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10. 10 Today you will begin making a Science Journal to record information you are learning.

11. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 11 The first page will be your title page. You’ll decide the title for your journal. It must be appropriate and science-related, but it should reflect you. We’ll come back to this page, so for now, leave it blank.

12. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 12 Your first task will be to glue/tape some guidelines into your notebook. Take some time now to glue this to the inside of the front cover. Raise your hand if you have questions!

13. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 13 Next, we will glue/tape the sheets that begin… “Ways to show…” Tape one of the sheets onto the back of the title page and the other onto the front of the next page in your notebook. (The order does not matter.) Raise your hand if you have questions!

14. You should have one sheet left that hasn’t been placed in your notebook yet that is titled “Sentence Starters.” You will tape this page to the back side of the 2 nd page. (The page you just taped one of the other sheets to) Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 14

15. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 15 Reserve the next 3 pages (front and back) after the Sentences Starters for a Table of Contents. Using the example here, write “Table of Contents” on the front of the 1 st page we will use. Then, make columns for Date, Entry & Page on the front & back of all 3 pages.

16. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 16 Now, you will begin numbering the pages of your notebook. Beginning with #1, start numbering the pages after your Table of Contents. Number pages in the upper right-hand corner of all the front pages only. Number to at least 20 today. Record all of your entries on your Table of Contents as you fill pages throughout the year.

17. Rosemary Martin, Supporting Science, Inc., 2006 17 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.