1. See My Thinking A New Approach to Science Notebooking Annette Brown, Dawson Educational Cooperative Lesley Merritt, Center for Math & Science Education

2. The Work of a Scientist Review the posters around the room. –What do you observe about the entries? –What types of entries do you notice? –What do you think was the purpose of the entries? –Do you see a prescribed format for the entries?

3. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14 Science Notebooks A Tool for Student Thinking

4. All major aspects of inquiry, including managing the process, making sense of data, and discussion and reflection on the results, may require guidance. In the absence of instruction or prompts, students may not routinely ask questions of themselves, such as What are you going to do next? What outcome do you predict? What did you Learn? How do you know? NRC 2007 K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14 Taking Science To School

5. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14 Science Notebooks Thinking Essences

6. Review Student Notebook Entries Flag areas where you see signs of student thinking with yellow post-its Share what you discovered at your table Be prepared to share with whole group K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

7. Essence of Thinking Prior Knowledge Gathering Data Making Sense of Data Metacognition K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

8. Essence Sample Notebooks Look back at the notebook you just flagged Use post-its to identify the type of student thinking : (Pink) Prior Knowledge (Orange) Gathering Data (Green) Making Sense of Data (Blue) Metacognition K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

9. Essence Sample Notebooks Everyone read the cell example Use post-its to flag examples of student thinking: (Pink) Prior Knowledge (Orange) Gathering Data (Green) Making Sense of Data (Blue) Metacognition Discuss how prompts are used to guide student thinking. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

10. Essence Jigsaw Look at your assigned notebook entry. Flag the essences. Discuss the frequency of entries of each essence. Discuss how different prompts are used to guide student thinking. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

11. Increasing Student Thinking What can you do in your practice with notebook/other forms of student response to increase student thinking? K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14

12. Science Notebooks Notebook Entry Types

13. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14 Entry Types and Student Samples Drawings Tables, Charts, and Graphs Graphic Organizers Notes and Practice Problems Reflective and Analytical Entries Inserts Investigation Formats Writing Frames

14. Student Samples What “essences” did you find in which types of entries? How could prompts to promote essences for prior knowledge and metacognition be added? Create prompts with your group for one entry to address all essences. K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘14