SCIENCE INTERACTIVE
NOTEBOOK
“Your Key To Success
in Science”
Presented by Mrs. Engels
Portions adopted from A. Holder & D. Saunders,
Eboni DuBose
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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 notebook is divided into TWO sections.
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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.
Engels. Nothing else should be placed on
the RIGHT SIDE!!
The notebook is divided into TWO sections.
LEFT side “loves”
RIGHT side is “restricted” to
TEACHER INPUT
STUDENT work = OUTPUT
FOCUS ACTIVITY #1 Fill in the
missing word.
Decomposer Producer Consumer
Plants are ____. Lions, tigers, and bears are
____. Worms and mushrooms are____
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The LEFT SIDE belongs to you.
It contains your focus activity(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..
FOCUS ACTIVITY #1 Fill in the
missing word.
Decomposers Producers Consumers
Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and
bears are ________. Worms and
mushrooms are_________
The DAY’S ACTIVITY
is placed on the LEFT
side of the notebook.
INCLUDES:
FOCUS ACTIVITY
 DAY’S ACTIVITY
Fill in the missing word.
Decomposer Producers Consumers
Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are
________. Worms and mushrooms are_________
This “focus activity” 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
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
Focus Activity. This side
entails hands on, tactile
learning
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Science Warm-Ups
Graphic Organizers
Drawings/Illustrations
Poems, Rap Songs
Cartoons/Comics
Teach Your Parent
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The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and
should only contain information given
or “input” from Mrs. Engels. 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.
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Notes from
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Teacher guided Powerpoint notes
Movie/Video
Article Readings
Vocabulary words
Study Guides
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“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.“
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"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
A three ring binder,
Reinforcers
DIVIDERS
Erasable pens & pencils
Notebook paper
(heavy duty)
HIGHLIGHTER
colored pencils
NO MARKERS!
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The name of the course:
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The words: Interactive Science
Notebook
The class period that you have
science:
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Chemistry
Period 1, for example
The school year: 2010/2011
Your “awesome” teacher: Mrs.
Engels
Your name: (self explanatory)
TWO OR MORE SCIENCE PICTURES:
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You can draw, get from magazine or
Internet.
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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.
0
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
AUTHORS
PAGE
“ALL ABOUT
YOU PAGE”
(Skip pages 0-9..These will be REFERENCE PAGES)
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At the top of PAGES 3,4 & 5, write Table of
Contents. Divide each page into 3
columns: Date, Description, Page #
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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5
6
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On page 5-8, you will insert class handouts.
On page 9, you will INSERT SMALL
Unit Title Page
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GRADING RUBRIC
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BECOMING A
SCIENTIST
•Create a colorful
Drawing or get pics
that relate to the
unit we are
studying
•Be Colorful
DATE
DESCRIPTION
PAGE #
Sample
Author
Page
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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
Dividers: after interactive note
book
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Academic words
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This will have your word
squares
Tests
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This will have all
tests. You will need
these. YOU WILL
NEED THESE!!!!!
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Labs
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Lab information that
will go into your lab
book.
NOTHING ELSE GOES IN THIS
NOTEBOOK
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Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for
creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides
from
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Annette Holder, rockin’ Science
Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive!
ScienceNotebook.com, great resource
Mr. Taft, student quotes