Science Notebooks: An Instructional/ Assessment Tool

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Science Notebooks An Instructional/ Assessment
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• NHCS

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Types of Notebook Entries
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Tables, Charts, and Graphs
Grade 1 STC - Organisms Individual sketches
that actually begin to form a graph of growth.
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Tables, Charts, and Graphs
Grades 5 STC - Ecosystems Table of data with
samples of pH test strips to show results of the
impact of pollutants on a terrarium and an
aquarium.
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Inserts
Grades 3STC - Soils
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Inserts
Grades 5 STC - Land and Water Good example of
a student drawing with actual digital pictures of
the student's stream tables
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Drawings
Grades 3 STC - Plant Growth
Development Drawing to show labeled parts of
growing Fast Plants. The student is using the
notebook to record changes over time.
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Drawings
Grades 2 STC - Organisms
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Notes and Practice Problems
Grades K STC - Weather Example of notes a
child has created around the temperature, using
words and drawings. The thermometer has also been
inserted here.
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Notes and Practice Problems
Grades 5 STC - Motion and Design The materials
list appears just before a t-chart where the
student has set up a comparison of conditions
that make a vehicle move faster or slower.
Additional notes are present from the inquiry
that has been conducted.
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Graphic Organizers
Grades 2 TRACS- Investigating Life Cycles Box
and T chart comparing caterpillar and student.
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Graphic Organizers
Grades 5 STS - Ecosystems
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Reflective and Analytical Entries
Grades 4 STC- Electric Circuits Make sense of
what was learned before allowing student to move
on
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Reflective and Analytical Entries
Grades 1 STC - Solids and Liquids Final
Assessment
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Writing Templates
Grades 2 STC - Changes of State
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Writing Templates
Grades 5 STC - Motion and Design Observations
Organizer Writing Frame