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Interactive Biology Interactive Biology NotebooksNotebooks
Interactive Biology Interactive Biology NotebooksNotebooks
What are Interactive Biology Notebooks?
• A student thinking tool• An organizer for questions and what you
have learned in class• A way to access and process what you
have learned with various modalities (writing, drawing, discussion, etc.)
• A place for recording rough drafts• A formative assessment tool for teachers
Why Use Interactive Biology Notebooks?
• Improve organization skills• Improve opportunities for critical
thinking• Express understanding of material
creatively
Why Are We Using Interactive Biology
Notebooks?• Record data• Record notes• Study for tests• Track progress• Communication of thoughts and
learning
Biology Notebook Set-up
Notebook Supplies• Spiral notebook • Glue or glue stick• Pens and pencils• Scissors• Colored pencils or crayons
Right Side/Left Side; What Goes Where
Left SideStudent Output
Lots of colorConcept maps
DrawingsReflective writing
QuestionsData and graphs
SongsPoems
Data from experimentsCartoons or cartoon strips
Right SideTeacher Input/ContentBlue or black ink/Pencil
Information given in classLecture notesLab activitiesVideo notesSummaries
Textbook notesProcedures for experiments
Classroom specific information
The Left Side: Getting You to Think About Your Learning• Reflection; using guiding promptsWhat are you curious about?What would you like to test?What was the main idea?What are the important details to remember?How does this relate to your life?What don’t you understand?
Getting Started – Step 1
On the cover, write your name and period number. If you want, draw a diagram of something that reminds you of biology.
Step 2• Starting with the
first page, number the first 50 pages. Numbers should be small and at the bottom outside corner of each page.
Cover 1
2 3
Step 3• At the top of pages
3, 4, and 5 write Table of Contents. Divide each page into 3 columns: date, discription, and page number. (Skip pages 1 and 2.)
2
Table of ContentsDate Description Page #
3 Table of
ContentsDate Description Page #
4
Table of ContentsDate Description Page #
5
Step 4• Add the following
reflection questions on page 2. You will use these as open response questions.
• What are you curious about?
• What would you like to test?
• What was the main idea?
• What are the important details to remember?
• How does this relate to your life?
• What don’t you understand?
Examples
Graphic Organizers• Help organize thoughts• Assist with answering open
response and other types of questions
Fish Bones
Venn Diagram
T-Chart
Net
Wheel
Tree
Graphic Organizers• There are many different graphic
organizers you can use to organize your thoughts and what you learn in class.
• You may use any type of graphic organizer to help you remember information.
• At times you will be directed as to which type of graphic organizer to use.
We Are Ready!• Remember, always be sure to bring your
Biology Notebook with you to class!• Scientists write down everything they do,
so that they may remember what works, and learn from what doesn’t work. – You will also want to remember what you
learn in class, so that you may do well in Biology this year.
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