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Link professional world & student applications

Tool links professional world and classroom

• Inquiry-based lab notebook

Notebook links classroom and professional world

“Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own.”William Zinsser, author of Writing to Learn

NCSCOS goals

• Top 2 Science Goals– Design and conduct scientific inquiry– Understand technological design

• Major Math Skills– Solve relevant, authentic problems

21st Century Skills

• All types of literacy• Global awareness• Problem solving• Collaboration• Creativity• Communication

Ways to set it up

TYPE ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

ELECTRONIC • Can be “backed up”• Easy to cut and paste• Easy to share data

and documents

• Hard to “draw” diagrams• Loss of nostalgic “art”• Loses some authenticity• Can be tampered with• Side notes may be “lost”

PAPER(BOUND)

• Easy to make notes & draw

• Easy to flip through• Tangible• More “secure” &

authentic

• Can’t easily be reproduced or shared

Ways to set it up

• Entry level– Title & date– Purpose– Procedure– Results– Conclusion

• Notebook level– Instructions– Table of contents– Numbered pages– Chronological

Interactive format

Purpose: focus on today’s activity

Examples: pre-test, quick-write, demonstration, T-chart Purpose: information from today’s

activity (learning)

Examples: textbook or lecture notes, vocabulary, lab procedure & data, worksheet, concept mapPurpose: reflect or apply today’s activity

Examples: content or lab questions, quick-write, 3-2-1 summary, diagram, graph

Using notebooks

• Teacher driven• Student driven• Journal• Portfolio• Individual• Collaborative

Grading Lab Notebooks

• Self, peer and teacher assessment• Rubric grades concepts, clarity, mechanics

5 “Totally Awesome” Writing shows in-depth understanding of concepts Work shows in-depth reflection throughout the learning process Contains all expected components, including dates and labels on each page All pages are numbered properly, matching table of contents Right and Left side work is correctly organized with all criteria Use of color and labeled diagrams enhance understanding The notebook is very neat…SWEET!

8th grade Microbiology

• Disease outbreak, day 1– Brainstorm how infectious disease spreads– Definitions– Diseases, highlight carrier and vector – Include 5 class examples in notebook

– What conditions ↑ disease spread? (examples)– Top 2 ways to prevent spread of specific disease

8th grade Microbiology

• Disease outbreak, day 2– Current event about disease outbreak– Case studies

• What info do you need? • How will you find it?• What can you conclude given the available

information?• What more do you need to know?• Checklist of steps epidemiologists use

HS Earth Science

• Geology Expedition– Choose fossil site– Investigate rock features, geologic time– Endangered species, population dynamics– Packing list– Fossil finds– Simulate dig

Middle School Math

• Music delivery investigation– Read and reflect, music industry changes– Compare types of graphs and purpose– Building meaning from data– Interpreting or misinterpreting– Support your position with graphs

http://interactive-math-science-notebooks.wikispaces.com/

HS AP Statistics

• Students find a data set • Ask and answer questions for “their” data

– Descriptive statistics– Graphing, distributions, outliers– Handling categorical and continuous data– Methods of data collection– Generalizations

HS Geometry

• Cafeteria redesign– Students define the problem– Identify what they need to know– Gather information– Calculate and redesign the cafeteria space– Present and defend solutions, including $

HS Algebra I

• Model currency conversion, including fee• Cell phone plans

– Equations for cost of low, medium & high use• Careers in banking

– Working with exponential growth

Sample Notebook

Wiki Site

http://interactive-math-science-notebooks.wikispaces.com/

Your ideas…

• Lab notebook• Inquiry/problem-based learning