Science Notebooks

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Science Notebooks

• Presented by
• Fran Blaess Principal, Little Compton, RI
• Dale Blaess Kindergarten, Newport, RI
• Judy Calabretta Kindergarten, Middletown, RI
• Leslie Gilman Kindergarten, Middletown, RI
• Beth Ward Third Grade, Middletown, RI

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What is a Scientist?

• By Barbara Lehn

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The Next Step Institute 2005Curriculum
Integration Agenda900-1050What is a
scientist?Text features of non-fictionWorkshop
Model(Break/Nuts and Bolts/Lunch)115-305Obse
rvation LessonWonder LessonInquiry
Lesson315-505 3rd and 4th grade science
notebook Make and takeHandouts Viewing of
notebooks, work samples, and chartsQuestions
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Text Features of Non-Fiction

• Bold words
• Index
• Glossary

• Table of Contents
• Labeling diagrams
• Captions
• Heading

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Text Features of Non-Fiction
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Schema Chart
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ScienceNotebooks K-2

• Use legal size paper to create a flap on the
  end.

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ScienceNotebooks K-2

• Use grade level covers.

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Science Workshop

• Mini-lesson
• Exploration Time
• Meeting Time
• Scientists Notebook

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ObservationLesson

• What is an observation?
• Observe
• Draw your observation
• Write on flap what you observed

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Observation Lesson
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Wonder Lesson

• What is a wonder?
• Observe and think of things you wonder.
• Draw your observation.
• Write on flap what you wonder.

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Inquiry Notebook

• Focus Question
• Where do questions come from?
• Researchable
• Investigable

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Researchable

• Print Resources
• Electronic Resources

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Investigable

• Primary
• Hands-on

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Inquiry Notebook

• Prediction

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Inquiry Notebook

• Observation

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Inquiry Notebook

• Data
• What do you notice?
• How are you going to record it? (Organization)
• Can you draw what you see?
• Take accurate measurements.
• NEVER erase!

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Inquiry Notebook

• Conclusion
• Vocabulary
• Reference to diagrams
• What was learned?
• What didnt work/what did?
• Real world connections
• Did anything surprise you?

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Inquiry Notebook

• Future QuestionsNext Steps
• What do you wonder now?
• The inquiry cycle repeats

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Table of Contents

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Numbering
• pages

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Glossary

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Word Wall

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Experiment

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Claims
• Sentence stems
• I noticed
• I observed
• I saw

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Evidence
• Sentence stems
• I know this because
• I understand this

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Features of a 3rd and 4th Grade Notebook

• Conclusion
• Sentence stems
• I learned
• I know
• I wonder

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FQR Chart

• Facts
• Questions
• Responses

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Make and TakeHand Outs
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Resources

• www.ebecri.org
• Lehn, Barbara. What Is a Scientist?,The Millbrook
  Press, 1998
• Swartz, Shook, Klein, Moon, Bunnell, Belt,
  Huntley. Guided Reading and Literacy Centers.
  Dominie Press, Inc., 2003
• Miller, Debbie. Reading with Meaning. Stenhouse
  Publishers, 2002
• Blevins, and Larwa. You Can Use a Magnifying
  Glass, Childrens Press, 2004
• Burton, French, and Jones. Children as Young
  Scientists. Benchmark Education Company, 1999
• Trumbauer, Lisa. Everyone Is a Scientist.
  Capstone Press, 2000
• Zimmermann and Hutchins. 7 Keys to
  Comprehension, Three Rivers Press, 2003
• Animals Two by Two, Delta Education, 2003 (FOSS
  Science Stories)
• Dewey, Jennifer. Antarctic Journal Four Months
  at the Bottom of the World, HarperCollins, 2001
• Silver and Wynne. Backyard (One Small Square), WH
  Freeman Co, 1993

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Resources--Worms

• Ahlberg, Janet. The Little Worm Book.
• Coldrey, Jennifer. Discovering Worms, The
  Bookwright Press, 1985
• Henwood, Chris. Keeping Mini Beasts Eathworms.
  Franklin Watts, 1988
• Pringle, Laurence. Twist, Wiggle and Squirm A
  Book about Earthworms. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1973
• Pascoe, Elaine. Nature Close-Up Earthworms.
  Blackbirch Press, 1997
• Soutter-Perrot, Andrienne. Earthworm, Creative
  Education Inc.,1983
• Van Laan, Nancy. The Big FatWorm, Knopf, 1987
• Mclaughlin, Molly. Earthworm, Creative Education
  Inc., 1983
• Darling, Lois and Louise. Worms
• Glaser, Linda. Wonderful Worms, Millbrook Press,
  1992.
• Wong, Herbert. Earthworms
• Ross, Michael. Wormology. Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
  1996
• Hayden, Julie. Earthworms, Rigby,2001
• Fredericks, Anthony. Under One Rock, Dawn
  Publications, 2001
• Fowler, Allan. It Could Still Be a Worm,
  Childrens Press, 1996

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Resources--Worms

• Pfeffer, Wendy. Wiggling Worms at Work, Harper
  Collins, 2004
• Laughlin, Robin Kittrell, Backyard Bugs,
  Chronicle Books, 1996
• Morgan and Kingfisher. Butterflies, Bugs, and
  Worms Biology Facts and Experiments, 1996
• Himmelman, John. An Earthworms Life, Childrens
  Press, 2001
• Cronin, and Bliss. Diary of a Worm. Joanna
  Cotler, 2003
• Ziefert, Harry. Grandpas Are for Finding Worms,
  Puffin Books, 2000
• Silverstein, Silverstain, and Wrigley. Life in a
  Bucket of Soil, Dover Publications, 2000
• Tomeck and Woodman. Dirt Jump Into Science,
  National Geogvraphic, 2002
• Kalman, Bobbie. The Life Cycle of an Earthworm,
  Crabtree Publishing Co., 2004
• Johnston and Innerst. The Worm Family, Harcourt
  Childrens Books, 2004
• Llewellyn and Watts. Earthworms. Franklin Watts,
  2002
• Pelham and Foreman. Worms Wiggle, Little Simon,
  1989
• Schaefer, Lola. Earthworms, Reed Educational
  Professional Publishing, 2002

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Resources--Fish

• Eyewitness Books. Fish. Dorling Kidersley, 1990
• Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. Pantheon, 1963
• Wu, Norman. Fish Faces. Henry Holt Co. 1993
• Pfister, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish. North-South
  Books 1992.
• Marshall, Janet Perry. My Camera At the
  Aquarium. Little, Brown, Col., 1989
• Eastman, David. What is a Fish?. Troll
  Associates, 1982
• Ling, Mary. Amazing Fish, Dorling Kindersley,
  1991
• Brice, Tony. The Bashful Goldfish
• Wyse, Lois. Two Guppies, a Turtle and Aunt Edna
• Freya, Littedale. Magic Fish. Scholastic
• Pratt, Kristin Joy. A Swim Through the Sea. Dawn
  Publications, 1994
• Kalan, Robert. Blue Sea, Trumpet Club, 1979
• Brenner and Chardiet, Wheres That Fish?,
  Scholastic, Inc. 1994
• Wood and Wood. Ten Little Fish, Blue Sky Press,
  2004
• Clements, Andrew. Big Al, Aladdin, 1997
• Clements and Kogo. Big Al and Shrimpy, Simon
  Schuster, 2002
• Pfeffer and Keller. Whats It Like to Be a Fish?.
  
• Harper and Randell. Goldfish, Rigby, 1997

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Resources--Snails

• Ungerer, E. Snail Where Are You?
• Henwood and Watts. Snails and Slugs
• Coldrey, Jennifer. Slugs and Snails
• Pollock, Penny. The Slug Who Thougvht He Was A
  Snail.
• Ryder, Poseno. Snail In the Woods.
• Olesen, Jens. Snail. 1985
• Giganti, Jr. Paul. How Many Snails?, Greenwillow
  Books, 1988
• Economos, Christine. Snails in School, Newbridge
  Educational Publishing
• Pascoe and Kuhn. Snails and Slugs. Blackbirch
  Press, 1998
• Allen and Humphries. Are You a Snail?,
  Kingfisher, 2000
• Ross, Michael Elsohn. Snailology, Carolrhoda
  Books, 2000
• Ryder and Cherry. The Snails Spell, Puffin
  Books, 1982
• Fowler, Allan. A Snails Pace, Childrens Press,
  1999

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Resources--Bugs

• Canizares and Reid. Where Do Insects Live?
  Scholastic, 1998
• Flemming, Maria. Beautiful Bugs, Scholastic, 1997
• Reid and Chessen. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!, Scholastic,
  1998
• Canizares and Chanko. What Do Insects Do?,
  Scholastic, 1998
• Watts, Barrie. Butterfly and Caterpillar,
  Stopwatch books, 1985
• Rockwell, Anne. Bugs Are Insects, HarperColliins,
  2001
• Llewellyn, Claire. The Best Book of Bugs,
  Kingfisher, 1998
• Ross, Michael Elsohn. Rolypolyology, Carolrhoda
  Books, 2000
• Himmelman, John. A Pillbugs Life. Childrens
  Press