Science Notebooks:
An Instructional/ Assessment
Tool
NHCS
Types of Notebook Entries
Tables, Charts, and Graphs
Grade: 1
STC - Organisms
Individual sketches
that actually begin to
form a graph of
growth.
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.
Inserts
Grades: 3
STC - Soils
Inserts
Grades: 5
STC - Land and Water
Good example of a
student drawing with
actual digital pictures of
the student's stream
tables
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.
Drawings
Grades: 2
STC - Organisms
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.
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.
Graphic Organizers
Grades: 2
TRACS- Investigating
Life Cycles
Box and T chart
comparing caterpillar
and student.
Graphic Organizers
Grades: 5
STS - Ecosystems
Reflective and Analytical Entries
Grades: 4
STC- Electric
Circuits
Make sense of what was
learned before allowing
student to move on
Reflective and Analytical Entries
Grades: 1
STC - Solids and
Liquids
Final Assessment
Writing Templates
Grades: 2
STC - Changes of
State
Writing Templates
Grades: 5
STC - Motion and Design
Observations Organizer
Writing Frame