Ideas for Science Notebooking by Natasha Cooke

Science notebooks are a place where scientists and researchers keep a log of their work and wonderings. Here are some more suggestions for notebook entries.

• Something new I learned
• What I’m not sure about
• Experiments I would like to try
• Experiments I conducted
• Things to find out about
• Tracings
• Observations
• Rubbings
• Experiments
• Models
• Drawings
• Diagrams
• Books I read
• Poems
• Songs
• Data collections
• Research
• Graphic organizers
• Discoveries
• Procedures
• Interviews
• Results
• Hypothesis/Predictions
• Photographs
• Questions
• Discussions
• Future Research

In order to promote notebooking and motivate your students to take the time to write, teachers have to actively notebook with their class.

See also: " Science Notebooking: How to get started."

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