Science Interactive Notebook

“Your Key To Success
in Science”
SCIENCE INTERACTIVE
NOTEBOOK
Presented by
Eboni DuBose
Portions adopted from A. Holder & D. Saunders

 A interactive notebook (INB) your own
personalized DIARY of learning about science
 A portfolio of your work in ONE convenient
spot. This is great for studying for upcoming
quizzes & test
 A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives
you permission to be PLAYFUL AND
CREATIVE in your responses without "messing
up" your notes.
 Allows you to be like a REAL SCIENTIST!

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 The Left SIDE “LOVES” student work.
This is the side that you can use to show me
your creativity. This is the “output” or
product side.
 The Right side is “RESTRICTED” and
contains only information given by Mrs.
DuBose. Nothing else should be placed
on the RIGHT SIDE!!
The notebook is divided into TWO sections.

The notebook is divided into TWO sections.
LEFT side “loves”
STUDENT work = OUTPUT
RIGHT side is “restricted” to
TEACHER INPUT
WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word.
Decomposer Producer Consumer
Plants are ____. Lions, tigers, and bears are
____. Worms and mushrooms are____

 The LEFT SIDE belongs to you.
 It contains your warm-up (QUESTION
MARK) and the day’s activity (LIGHTBULB).
On this page you may include diagrams,
cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.
Let your CREATIVITY go wild!
ODD PAGES =1, 3, 5, 7, 9…YOU GOT IT..

The DAY’S ACTIVITY
is placed on the LEFT
side of the notebook.
INCLUDES:
WARM-UP
 DAY’S ACTIVITY
WARMUP #1 Fill in the missing word.
Decomposers Producers Consumers
Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and
bears are ________. Worms and
mushrooms are_________

The TOP of the left side of the has a question mark and is
referred to as the WARM-UP. This “warm-up” is either on the
whiteboard or on Powerpoint. It acts as a review before the start
of class and should be completed within the first FIVE minutes
of class
Fill in the missing word.
Decomposer Producers Consumers
Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are
________. Worms and mushrooms are_________

The day’s activity is placed
on the LEFT or OUTPUT
side of the notebook. This is
indicated with a yellow light
bulb icon. This section acts
as a reinforcement for the
RIGHT or INPUT side side
and is referred to as the
WARMUP. This side
entails hands on, tactile
learning

 Science Warm-Ups
 Graphic Organizers
 Drawings/Illustrations
 Poems, Rap Songs
 Cartoons/Comics
 Lab Analysis
 Teach Your Parent
YOUR OPPORTUNITYTO BEAS CREATIVE ASYOU WANT
TO BE

 The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and
should only contain information given
or “input” from Mrs. DuBose. Nothing
else should be placed on this page!
 The RIGHT SIDE contains the notepad
icon and will contain all the TESTABLE
material.
Even Pages = 2,4,6,8..YOU KNOW IT.

The RIGHT side of
the notebook contains
information given to
you by Mrs. DuBose.
It has a purple
notepad in the corner.
This is the ESSENTIAL
information that will
DEFINITELY be on a
quiz or test. Nothing
else should go on this
side.

 Notes from
– Teacher guided Powerpoint notes
– Movie/Video
– Article Readings
 Vocabulary words
 Lab procedures
 Study Guides

 “ISN's are easy to do and
worth a lot of points, so take
time and effort to do them
well.“
 "Always update your table of
contents so papers don't get
messed up - or in case of an
ISN check.“
 "An ISN is a great tool, keep it
organized!“
 "You have to spend quality
time on your ISN.“
 "Don't leave your ISN until the last
day, otherwise you may be up to
the early morning hours finishing
assignments.“
 "Colorize things. It looks so much
better that way”
 "Keep it in order, because you
never know when a notebook check
might come up.“
 "Do not save your ISN until the
last minute. Remember, it counts
as much as a test."

Scissors
colored
pencils
Erasable pens & pencils
NO MARKERS!
TWO 1- SUBJECT
Spiral NotebookS
“MEAD works
BEST”
Glue or glue
stick
(2 PER
MONTH)
HIGHLIGHTER

 The name of the course:
– My Adventures in Sixth Grade Science
 The words: Interactive Science
Notebook
 The class period that you have
science:
– Block 1, for example
 The school year: 2008 – 2009
 Your “awesome” teacher: Mrs.
DuBose
 Your name: (self explanatory)
 TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES:
– You can draw, get from magazine or
Internet.
My Name
My Grade

INTERACTIVE
SCIENCE
NOTEBOOK
MY ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE
YOUR NAME
YOUR BLOCK
MRS. DUBOSE
2008-2009

 Starting with the 1st
page, number the first 50 pages. The 1st page is 0.
Numbers should be small and at the top outside corner of every page.
2
(Skip pages 0-9..These will be REFERENCE PAGES)
1 TABLE OF
CONTENTS
AUTHORS
PAGE
“ALL ABOUT
YOU PAGE”
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
0

 At the top of PAGES 3,4 & 5, write Table of
Contents. Divide each page into 4
columns: Date, Description, Page #
43 TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Class
Policies
Class
Policies
5 6
Blogging
G
uidelines

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Unit Title Page
BECOMING A
SCIENTIST
•Create a colorful
Drawing or get pics
that relate to the
unit we are
studying
•Be Colorful
7 8 9
 On page 5-8, you will glue class handouts.
On page 9, you will create your Unit Page
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DATE DESCRIPTION PAGE # Grade/
Stamp

 No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners
 No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science
 Notebook should only be used for SCIENCE
CLASS ONLY
 DATE AND NUMBER each page
 All entries must go into the Table of Contents
 BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

 Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for
creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides
from
– Annette Holder, rockin’ Science
– Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive!
– ScienceNotebook.com, great resource
– Mr. Taft, student quotes

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