Creating the Science Notebook
A page from one of Charles Darwin’s notebooks.
What is the purpose of a science notebook?
• Brainstorm with your group… How will keeping a science notebook help you?
• A science notebook…• helps with organization• is a good reference tool• can be used as a study guide• helps develop writing skills
Materials to get started…
• A blank notebook
• Scissors
• Glue sticks or liquid glue
• Colored pencils
• A pencil
Let’s get started…
• Write your name on the front cover of your notebook.
Open your notebook to the first page.
• This is the Title Page.• Write:
Science NotebookYour NameThe School Year
• You have five minutes to decorate this page.
The Table of Contents• The next three pages are for a table of contents.
• Each activity we complete and put in the science notebook will be listed in the Table of Contents.
• In what way is a table of contents useful?
Processes for Descriptive Investigations
• This page explains the process skills you will be using as you conduct investigations.
• You have been using these skills since you were in Kindergarten, but this page is a good reference .
Tools• As you are putting these pages into the notebook, it
should be mentioned that these are the tools you will learn how to use.
• Are there any you already know how to use?
• Put a small checkmark (in pencil) above the name of the tools you already knowhow to use.
Safety Contract and Safety Rules
The top portion of the contract- the part with the science class safety expectations- will get glued in the science notebook.
What I know About Science Safety• Add the Handout: What I know About Science
Safety into your science notebook.• This is the first activity for this year’s science
notebook!
Measurement
• We will measure objects and organisms throughout the year.
• What are some units of measurement you remember from earlier grades?
• We will be working with this page throughout the year.
• When we complete an activity that involves measurement, remember to come back to this page and add new information.
Other pages
• Count out about 6–10 pages at the back of the notebook for a science glossary. Important academic science vocabulary can be recorded here.
• Create a pocket at the back to hold a ruler.
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