“Your Key To Success in Science”

Presented byMrs. Donaldson

Portions adopted from E. DuBose, A. Holder & D. Saunders

A interactive notebook (INB) your own personalized DIARY of learning about science

A portfolio of your work in ONE convenient spot. This is great for studying for upcoming quizzes & test

A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives you permission to be PLAYFUL AND CREATIVE in your responses without "messing up" your notes.

Allows you to be like a REAL SCIENTIST!

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• The Left SIDE “LOVES” student work. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity. This is the “output” or product side.

• The Right side is “RESTRICTED” and contains only information given by Mrs. Donaldson. Nothing else should be placed on the RIGHT SIDE!!

The notebook is divided into TWO sections.

The notebook is divided into TWO sections. LEFT side “loves”

STUDENT work = OUTPUT

RIGHT side is “restricted” to TEACHER INPUT

WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word.Decomposer Producer Consumer

Plants are ____. Lions, tigers, and bears are ____. Worms and mushrooms are____

The LEFT SIDE belongs to you. It contains your warm-up (QUESTION

MARK) and the day’s activity (LIGHTBULB). On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc. Let your CREATIVITY go wild!

ODD PAGES =1, 3, 5, 7, 9…YOU GOT IT..

The DAY’S ACTIVITY is placed on the LEFT side of the notebook.

INCLUDES:

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS LESSON

DAY’S ACTIVITY

WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word.Decomposers Producers Consumers

Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are ________. Worms and mushrooms are_________

The TOP of the left side of the has a question mark and is referred to as the Instructional Focus Lesson. This “IFL” is either on the whiteboard or on PowerPoint. It acts as a review before the start of class and should be completed within the first FIVE minutes of class

Fill in the missing word.

Decomposer Producers Consumers

Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are ________. Worms and mushrooms are_________

The day’s activity is placed on the LEFT or OUTPUT side of the notebook. This is indicated with a yellow light bulb icon. This section acts as a reinforcement for the RIGHT or INPUT side side and is referred to as the SCIENCE ACTIVITY. This side entails hands on, tactile learning.

• Science IFL’s• Graphic Organizers• Drawings/Illustrations• Poems, Rap Songs• Cartoons/Comics• Lab Analysis • Teach Your Parent

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BEAS CREATIVE AS YOU WANTTO BE

The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and should only contain information given or “input” from Mrs. Donaldson. Nothing else should be placed on this page!

The RIGHT SIDE contains the notepad icon and will contain all the TESTABLE material.

Even Pages = 2,4,6,8..YOU KNOW IT.

The RIGHT side of the notebook contains information given to you by Mrs. Reese. It has a purple notepad in the corner. This is the ESSENTIAL information that will DEFINITELY be on a quiz or test. Nothing else should go on this side.

• Notes from–Teacher guided PowerPoint notes–Movie/Video–Article Readings

• Vocabulary words • Lab procedures• Study Guides

“ISN's are easy to do and worth a lot of points, so take time and effort to do them well.“

"Always update your table of contents so papers don't get messed up - or in case of an ISN check.“

"An ISN is a great tool, keep it organized!“

"You have to spend quality time on your ISN.“

"Don't leave your ISN until the last day, otherwise you may be up to the early morning hours finishing assignments.“

"Colorize things. It looks so much better that way”

"Keep it in order, because you never know when a notebook check might come up.“

"Do not save your ISN until the last minute.  Remember, it counts as much as a test."

Scissors

colored pencils

Erasable pens & pencilsFive 1- SUBJECT Spiral NotebookS

“MEAD works BEST”

Glue or glue stick(2 PER MONTH)

HIGHLIGHTER

The name of the course: My Adventures in 8th Grade Physical Science

The words: Interactive Science Notebook The class period that you have science:

Period 1, for example The school year: 2011 – 2012 Your “awesome” teacher: Mrs. Donaldson Your name: (self explanatory) TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES:

You can draw, get from magazine or Internet.

My Name

My Grade

INTERACTIVE

SCIENCE

NOTEBOOK

MY ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE

YOUR NAME

YOUR PERIOD

Mrs. Donaldson

2010-2011

Starting with the 1st page, number the first 50 pages. The 1st page is 0. Numbers should be small and at the top outside corner of every page.

2

(Skip pages 0-9..These will be REFERENCE PAGES)

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHORS PAGE

“ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

0

DATE DESCRIPTION PAGE # Grade/Stamp

Date Title /Unit Pg #

Table of Contents

8/26 author page 0

8/26 ISN guidelines 5

8/26 ISN rubric 6

8/27 Safety contract 7

• At the top of page 1, write:

•Table of Contents

• Title your three columns:

• Date• Title/unit• Page #

• Start your first entry on PAGE 5 (yours should look like my example)

At the top of PAGES 1,2 & 3, write Table ofContents. Divide each page into 4 columns: Date, Description, Page #

Pages 4-5 are for class policies. Page 6 is for computer guidelines.

43 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LAB S

AFETY

CONTRACT

Unit Title Page

BECOMING A SCIENTIST

•Create a colorful drawing or get pictures that relate to the unit we are studying

•Be Colorful

7 8 9

On page 5-8, you will glue class handouts. On page 9, you will create your Unit Page

Creatingyour

Authorpage

Your author page should have the following:

- a picture of you- your birthday- hobbies, sports, activities you like to do- pictures of things that describe YOU

(photos, magazine cut outs, clip art, drawings)

Sample

Author

P a g e

• No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners• No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science• Notebook should be used for SCIENCE CLASS

ONLY • DATE AND NUMBER each page• All entries must go into the Table of

Contents• BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides from Annette Holder, rockin’ ScienceDoug Saunders, bringing History Alive!ScienceNotebook.com, great resourceMr. Taft, student quotes