Engagement? Differentiation? Formative assessment? Multiple intelligences? 21st century skills? Any of these sound familiar? Stressed about how to incorporate them into your science curriculum? Come to this session and learn how the interactive notebook can address all these topics and more (Adaptable to any subject).

2.  a tool students use to make connections,
revise their thinking, and to deepen their
understanding
 shows both the content learned (input)
and the reflective knowledge gained
(output)
 increases student thinking and
achievement

3.  prepares students to be part of the 21st-
century workforce
 increases communication between
stakeholders
 differentiating instruction
› Relevant and rigorous
 Interactive Notebooks support effective
instruction

4.  This notebook style uses both the right
and left hemispheres of the brain to
help students:
› sort
› categorize,
› remember
› creatively interact with the new
knowledge they are gaining

5.  Place these terms in the order that shows
how student benefit from interactive
notebooking
› Retain
› Understand
› Process
› Reflect

6. Process Understand
Retain Reflect

7.  Each notebook has:
› A designed cover that reflects the author’s
personality
› An author’s page to give ownership
› Resource pages
 Model, model, model
› I modeled the entire first unit
› Then, depending on your class, you may
model, model, model as needed

8.  Notebook
› Spiral or binder
 Colored pencils
 Highlighters
 Glue and/or tape

9.  Each unit begins with
› A Unit Cover Page
› AHA connection pages
 Odd numbered pages – teacher input
 Even numbered pages – student output

10.  Two options
› Self Reflection Paper
› Research Paper
 Students are allowed to use notebook on
any assessment

11.  I use a rubric
 Organizational/management
› No loose papers
› Spot check
› Student choice
 Formative/Summative
› AHA – a reflection of what they learned
› Self Reflection paper - summative

12.  Using writing as a way to show thinking and
explain reasoning
 Allowing students to behave like a scientist
 Improving their ability to organize ideas and
information to help them study, and build a
skill they will carry on to high school
 Serving as a portfolio of scientific
understanding

13.  Novels
 Grammar/stems
 Math

14.  http://interactive-notebooks.wikispaces.com/
 http://www.sciencenotebooks.org/
 http://mysciencelessons.wordpress.com/category/in
teractive-notebook/
 http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-4/notebooks.htm
 http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id
=57384

15.  cwmsroyal.pbworks.com
› Click on the “Interactive Science Notebook”
link
› You will find:
 This PowerPoint
 Additional information
 Handouts

16. Name:
Birthday:
Hobbies:
My
Draw things that describe you
Your Interactive
Notebook on this page. You may also use
Picture Author’s photos, magazine cut outs, or
Page computer art.
Here (Ex. Favorite Food, Favorite
Class, Pets, Family, Favorite
Movie or Book, etc.)

17.  Right – side page
 Includes the unit title
 Student illustrations

19.  These two pages are a spread
 Provides a place for students to record
the key question and the summary
statements about the major concepts
they are learning throughout the unit
 Most important pages of the unit
because they are a reflection of
students’ ongoing learning throughout
the unit

20. pp. 14 – 15
Scientists learn about the natural
world through scientific inquiry.
They ask testable
questions, design and perform
investigations, and use the data
What is
collected as evidence of their
thinking. We modeled the work of
Scientific
a scientist with the mystery cube
activity…
Inquiry?
Pp. 22-23
Scientists
pp. 18-19 use the
scientific
A good hypothesis method ,,,
must be a
logical, testable
answer to a
scientific question.

21. Left Side ( Student Output) Right Side (Teacher Input)
How does a scientific question differ
precise
from other types of questions you may
ask?
Science Starter Activity
Answered
by Scientific Based on
collecting Questions observations Notes:
evidence
•The work of a scientist begins with a
question.
•A scientific question is one that is
precise and can be answered
testable through…
•Mysterious M & M’s Activity
Mysterious M & M’s: Questions You •Observations using all senses
Could Investigate •Break open candy and make a
drawing
A, Color •Complete activity
B, Number •Record observations in words
C. Etc. and drawings

22.  Students write a five-paragraph
reflective paper about their work during
the unit
› Count the number of assignments
› Choose four that best supports the AHA
 Justify choices by giving specific examples
why these best support the unit AHA
› Paragraph rating their notebook
› Paragraph about the notebook

23. Keeps me
organized
“My
notebook has
helped me
learn and
discover new
ideas “
“aha” summaries
reminded me of “The (use of) color
what we learned highlights key ideas
each day and how and enhances
they all tied in understanding.”
together …”