scientist notebooks!

Scientist Notebooks!Your key to

success in 5th grade Science

Have you ever heard yourself say….

I CAN’T FIND MY…

NOTES, HOMEWORK, OLD QUIZZES…

I’M SURE IT’S IN….

MY LOCKER?MY BOOK BAG?

MY ROOM?

I can’t remember

what we did in class

yesterday

I was absent last week, did I miss anything?

Get it together with your…

Scientist Notebook

REAL SCIENTIST USE NOTEBOOKS!

REAL SCIENTIST USE NOTEBOOKS!Dian Fossey

Leonardo Divinci

What’s in a 5th grade Scientist Notebook?

• A personalized text book- just for you!

• A working portfolio– Class notes– Class work– Labs– Quizzes– Your inputAll in one convenient spot!!

Notebook Set up Left Side

Right SideStudent Responses

Teacher Information

Date TitlePg. #

Notebook Set up Left Side

Right Side• The right side is RESTRICTED!

•Contains only information given by Mrs. Corbin!

•Nothing else is on the right side.

•The left side LOVES student work!!

•This is the side you can use to show your creativity!!!

•This is the OUT PUT page

Right Side• The right side belongs to Mrs. Corbin• The right side contains all testable

information– Date– Title and Unit– Vocabulary– Class, reading, and discussion notes–Worksheets– Study Guides– Quizzes– Content and Objectives– Other relevant information

Right Side1. Should be completely done.2. Should clearly have the title

written at the top in the center, the date in the left-hand corner, and the page number in the right hand corner.

3. All assignments should be in chronological order by the times they were assigned.

4. All right side assignments should be done ONLY on the right side (unless otherwise instructed).

Examples of Right Side Assignments…

• Articles• Notes• Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps• In- Class Assignments• Labs and Lab Notes

RIGHT SIDE EXAMPLES

Left Side• Left side is to record YOUR thinking,

reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections and wonderings.

• The left side belongs to YOU!– Apply skills learned in class– Use graphs, charts, diagrams, research–Make connections between new and old learning– Questions– Drawings/illustrations– Classwork– Brain Storming– Foldables– Sketches (related to the topic)– Other relevant information

Examples of Left Side Assignments…

• All of these can be done for the left side of each right side page. EVERY individual right side page (even if the right side continues to a new page) must have an accompanying left side.

FOLDABLES

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Science Notebook Rules!• No ripped out pages or torn corners• No doodling that doesn’t relate to the

notes or topic• Notebook should be used for

SCIENCE CLASS ONLY!• Date, Title and page number each

page!• ALL entries must go into the table of

contents. • All right side pages must have left

side pages the following day• Be colorful, creative, and LOVE your

notebook!

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR

NOTEBOOK– The words: Scientist Notebook– Your Name– Your homeroom teacher’s name– Class Period that you have science– Your Letter ( Mrs. Corbin will give you

letters)

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE INSIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK!– Science Notebook rules on the inside

cover!– The first page is the Author’s Page

(that’s YOU) We will complete this page at

the end.Science Notebook

Rules

Author’s Page

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE INSIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK (TURN

THE PAGE)– The Table of Contents– Write at the top: Table of Contents– Divide the Page into 4 Sections– The table of contents will take up 4 right side pages.– The Table of contents will include Date, Title, Unit and Page Number.**The table of contents does not need a left side

reflection***

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!

Date

Title

Unit

Page

Table of Contents

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• Author’s Page–We will create your author’s page

today.– The author’s page will be a preview of

what we are going to study this year. We will dedicate one section of our author’s page to each unit.

– You will create an illustration and put a caption for each unit we will study this year.

– Let’s set it up …..

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• Sample Author’s Page

LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!

SCIENCE

Measurement

inquiry Graphin

g and classifying

Matter and Chemistry

Energy

Earth and

Space

Organisms & Environments

WE ARE READY TO BEGIN OUR 5TH GRADE SCIENCE JOURNEY

Spend the remainder of class time creating your author’s page&

Numbering your pages

If you do not finish, you may finish

working on this page at home.