Notebooking

1. Notebooking Presented by: Elizabeth Stone Science Instructor Academic Coach

2. Introduction-Why Notebooks? • Notebooking use has grown: • Science notebooks of K-12 teachers, professional developers and university faculty. • Note booking is regarded as an important educational tool. • Notebooking helps students: • Develop, practice and refine content understanding. • Students practice metacogntion. • students can review initial understanding and how they have improved their knowledge. • Enhances reading, writing and communications. • oral sharing in pairs, small groups to the class. • Improves organization. • Students keep materials together in an organized manner.

3. Notebook Features • Notebook organization: • Students use the organizational elements of note books to support their learning. • Teachers need to consider what elements of note booking will meet the learning goals for their content. • Formats for the organizational can vary due to grade level and purpose. • Types of Notebooks: Quad-ruled, lined, etc. • Notebook formats: Typically have the same format. • Title page or note book cover. • Table of Contents/Concepts with page number and title • Activity titles/headings. • Appendixes i.e. glossary, skill chart, equations, formulas, etc.

4. Student Work • Can take many forms: • Drawing/Diagrams: Student drawn diagrams, Microscope observations, Diagram inserts to be labeled, colored. i.e. body organs, maps, sentences, etc. • Charts and graphs: KWL, X and Y axis graphing • Tables: T-Tables, Y-tables • Notes: Cornell note format, hand outs, etc. • Writing: Reflection and analytical-students thinking about their own learning. • Practice Problems • Graphic organizers: Venn Diagrams, concept maps, etc. • Lab investigation formats i.e. question, research, hypothesis, experimental set-up, data tables • Vocabulary builders (ESL)

5. Notebooks and Assessment • Notebooks can by used to assess student understanding and provide feedback. • Notebooks are a valuable tool to both students and teachers to evaluate: • prior knowledge and existing ideas • how conceptual understanding is being built • procedural understanding • mastery of curriculum goals • the ability to apply/transfer ideas to new context. • Rubrics • Tools teachers may use in assessing note books. • Can vary and depend on the teachers goals and purpose for note books.

6. Additional Notebooking Info. • Notebooking requires a “tool box”: • A container filled materials to insert materials, highlight pertinent information, create tables, etc. • The material could also be located in the classroom in a central area. • May contain: • Tape, scissors, glue sticks, high lighters, rulers, markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.

7. Let’s Get Started… • You will use this notebook to record the information you learn from the Sustainability Summer Workshop. • Contact information • Grant information • Classroom Activities • How to implement and create cross-curriculum activities and cohorts. • Etc.

8. 1 Inside the notebook • Number ALL pages in the top corners • Front (right) = odds • Rear (left) = evens • We will all have the same thing on the same page • Inside front cover and inside rear cover don’t have page #s • Please number pages 1-10 now • If you need to use more than one page for an activity, then add letters. For example, p. 10a and p.10b can be one activity

9. Appendices • Take the last three pages title them with roman numerals (I, II, III) • Appendix I-Contact information i.e. names, email addresses, etc. • Appendix II-Grant information. • Appendix III-Glossary to list key terms and meanings.

10. Page # Activity Name 1-12 Table of Concepts(Two columns) 1-5 T.O.C (Table of Concepts) Sustainability-What itmeans to me. 6 Every page should have a TITLE and an entry in the Table of Concepts (TOC). Remember, we all will have the same activities on the same pages!

11. Reflection Activity • Think about your understanding of Sustainability. • Write a reflection paragraph describing what you know and what sustainability means to you. • Use the following prompt: • Sustainability is… • Share your reflection.