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Using Science Notebooks. Why Use Science Notebooks?. Build science content Build science process skills Serve as context for developing literacy skills. Why Use Science Notebooks?. Record students thinking Prior to investigation During investigation After investigation.
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Why Use Science Notebooks? • Build science content • Build science process skills • Serve as context for developing literacy skills
Why Use Science Notebooks? • Record students thinking • Prior to investigation • During investigation • After investigation
Why Use Science Notebooks? • Allow students to document • Planning • Data collection • Reflection • Allow the assessment of student learning
Type of Notebook • Composition book • Spiral notebooks • Three ring binders • Pieces of folded paper
What will they write? • Notes, lists, observations • Drawings • Charts, tables, and graphs • Questions • Reflections
First Grader Reference: O'Brien, 2007
What will they write? • Notes, lists, observations • Drawings • Charts, tables, and graphs • Questions • Reflections
What will they write? • Notes, lists, observations • Drawings • Charts, tables, and graphs • Questions • Reflections
Recording and Organizing Data Reference: O'Brien, 2007
What will they write? • Notes, lists, observations • Drawings • Charts, tables, and graphs • Questions • Reflections
What will they write? • Notes, lists, observations • Drawings • Charts, tables, and graphs • Questions • Reflections
Tool to Assess Student Learning Reference: O'Brien, 2007
References • O’Brien, Caitlin. (2007). Used with permission of author • Campbell, Brian and Fulton, Lori. (2003).Science Notebooks: writing about inquiry. Portsmouth, ME: Heinemann.