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Use science notebooks and watch as your students write as scientists do, share their thinking, support their ideas with evidence, and improve their literacy through reading, writing, and speaking.

BRIAN CAMPBELL is a teacher in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is interested in the process of professional development and teacher change. He has had extensive involvement in the National Science Foundation-funded Local Systemic Change, Mathematics and Science Enhancement (MASE) Project.LORI FULTON is a teacher in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is interested in the process of professional development and teacher change. She has had extensive involvement in the National Science Foundation-funded Local Systemic Change, Mathematics and Science Enhancement (MASE) Project.

Foreword by Linda Gregg

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Introduction

1

(4)

Provides an overview of the book, including the goals of the book, a guide on how to use it as a resource, an explanation of the science notebook, and a brief description of each chapter.

1 The Role of the Teacher

5

(20)

This chapter examines what factors teachers need to think about before, during, and after implementation of science notebooks.

Planning

5

(6)

Implementation of Science Notebooks

11

(5)

Formative Assessment

16

(1)

Developing Science Notebooks

17

(5)

Creating a Purpose for Notebooks

22

(3)

2 Elements of a Science Notebook

25

(23)

This chapter details important aspects that are included in a science notebook and shares strategies to develop them further.

Recording and Organizing Data

25

(6)

Technical Drawings

31

(5)

Students' Questions

36

(3)

Recording Thinking

39

(5)

Other Elements

44

(4)

3 Signs of Student Progress

48

(9)

This chapter examines how students progress in their use of science notebooks both during and after an investigation.

Predicting

48

(2)

Recording and Organizing Data

50

(1)

Drawing

51

(2)

Questioning

53

(1)

Reflecting

54

(1)

Using Notebooks as a Resource

55

(1)

Self Assessing

56

(1)

4 Discussions with Two Scientists

57

(7)

This chapter shares two scientists' thoughts on the role and importance of notebooks in their work as well as implications for the use of notebooks in the classroom.

How Scientists Use Their Notebooks

57

(3)

Recommendations for the Classroom

60

(4)

5 Scientific Content and Process Connections

64

(9)

This chapter examines how the science notebook aids in conceptual development of scientific concepts.

Connections to the National Science Education Standards

64

(1)

Physical, Life, and Earth and Space Content Standards

65

(2)

Science as Inquiry

67

(3)

Unifying Concepts and Processes

70

(3)

6 Literacy Connections

73

(10)

This chapter explores how the science notebook can be used as a context for developing literacy.

Connections to Literacy

73

(1)

Oral Communication

73

(2)

Written Communication

75

(2)

Reading

77

(2)

Vocabulary Development

79

(1)

Connections to the Standards for the English Language Arts

80

(3)

Appendix

83

(10)

Bibliography

93

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Science Notebooks : Writing about Inquiry

Science Notebooks : Writing about Inquiry

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