Interactive
Science
Notebooks
for
Miss Stanley’s
Life Science Class
What are Interactive
Science Notebooks?
The purpose of
the Interactive Student Notebook
is to enable you to be a creative, independent
thinker and writer. Interactive science
notebooks (AKA: ISN) will be used for class
notes as well as for other activities in which you
will be asked to express your own ideas and
process the information presented in class.
 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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Why are we using interactive
science notebooks?
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Record data
To study for tests
Record progress
Communicate with
others classmates
and instructors.
Notebooks help us
learn!
Science Notebook Setup
Right Side? Left Side?
What Goes Where?
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Left Side
Right Side
Teacher Input/Content
LEARNING
Student Output
Lots of Color
REFLECTION
Warm ups
Information given in class
Lecture Notes
Lab Procedures/Activities
Analysis and Assessments
Summaries
Classroom Specific
Information
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Concept Maps
Drawings
Reflective Writing Questions
Data from Experiments
Video Notes
Textbook Notes
Summaries
Homework
The Left side of the
notebook contains
information given to
you by Miss Stanley.
This is the ESSENTIAL
information that will
DEFINITELY be on a
quiz or test. Nothing
else should go on this
side.
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Questions
Graphic Organizers
Drawings/Illustrations
Poems, Rap Songs
Cartoons/Comics
Lab Analysis
Teach Your Parent
“A Bit More On The Right”
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What are you curious
about?
What would you like to test?
What was the main idea?
What are the important
details to remember?
How does this relate to your
life?
What don’t you understand?
ISN Supplies
HIGHLIGHTER
glue sticks/glue
scissors
pens &
pencils
Metric
ruler
colored pencils
NO MARKERS!
Getting started Step 1: Cover
 The name of the course and quarter:
 7th Grade Life Science / 1st Quarter
 The words: Interactive Science Notebook
 The class period that you have science:
 Period 1, for example
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The school year: 2015 – 2016
Your teacher: Miss Stanley
Your name: (self explanatory)
TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES:
 You can draw, get from magazine or Internet.
Step 1: Author Page
On the back cover put one or more
pictures of you when you get home.
Back of cover
Picture of you
Author Page
On the Author
Page glue the
handout “A
Letter to
Myself…” and fill
in the answers.
Step 3: Table of Contents
At the top of the next 2 pages, write
“Table of Contents”
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
DATE
DESCRIPTION
PAGE #
Use a
ruler to
draw the
lines
straight!
Step 4:
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Starting with the next page, number the rest of the
pages. Numbers should be small and at the top outside
corner of the left page.
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ISN Rules
• No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners
• No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to
science
• Notebook should be used for SCIENCE
CLASS ONLY
• DATE AND NUMBER each page on right
side
• All entries must go into the Table of
Contents
• BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK
ISN Rules
 If you run out of room on a page, continue
your writing on a separate sheet of
notebook paper or blank white printer
paper and glue it to the bottom of the
notebook page (to extend the page
further). This extension can be folded up
and into the notebook so that it doesn't
hang out. Students many NEVER just
continue onto another page in their
notebooks. This will cause them to be
"off" from the rest of the class
Last Page
Put the following information:
1. My website: www.pjteaches.com
2. My email: peggy.stanley@eagleslanding.org
an pjteachesELCA@charter.net
3. My Edmodo class group code: hfi5n2
4. Your ConnectED user name & password
We Are READY!