Scientist Notebooks!Your key to
success in 5th grade Science
Have you ever heard yourself say….
I CAN’T FIND MY…
NOTES, HOMEWORK, OLD QUIZZES…
I’M SURE IT’S IN….
MY LOCKER?MY BOOK BAG?
MY ROOM?
I can’t remember
what we did in class
yesterday
I was absent last week, did I miss anything?
Get it together with your…
Scientist Notebook
REAL SCIENTIST USE NOTEBOOKS!
REAL SCIENTIST USE NOTEBOOKS!Dian Fossey
Leonardo Divinci
What’s in a 5th grade Scientist Notebook?
• A personalized text book- just for you!
• A working portfolio– Class notes– Class work– Labs– Quizzes– Your inputAll in one convenient spot!!
Notebook Set up Left Side
Right SideStudent Responses
Teacher Information
Date TitlePg. #
Notebook Set up Left Side
Right Side• The right side is RESTRICTED!
•Contains only information given by Mrs. Corbin!
•Nothing else is on the right side.
•The left side LOVES student work!!
•This is the side you can use to show your creativity!!!
•This is the OUT PUT page
Right Side• The right side belongs to Mrs. Corbin• The right side contains all testable
information– Date– Title and Unit– Vocabulary– Class, reading, and discussion notes–Worksheets– Study Guides– Quizzes– Content and Objectives– Other relevant information
Right Side1. Should be completely done.2. Should clearly have the title
written at the top in the center, the date in the left-hand corner, and the page number in the right hand corner.
3. All assignments should be in chronological order by the times they were assigned.
4. All right side assignments should be done ONLY on the right side (unless otherwise instructed).
Examples of Right Side Assignments…
• Articles• Notes• Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps• In- Class Assignments• Labs and Lab Notes
RIGHT SIDE EXAMPLES
Left Side• Left side is to record YOUR thinking,
reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections and wonderings.
• The left side belongs to YOU!– Apply skills learned in class– Use graphs, charts, diagrams, research–Make connections between new and old learning– Questions– Drawings/illustrations– Classwork– Brain Storming– Foldables– Sketches (related to the topic)– Other relevant information
Examples of Left Side Assignments…
• All of these can be done for the left side of each right side page. EVERY individual right side page (even if the right side continues to a new page) must have an accompanying left side.
FOLDABLES
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Science Notebook Rules!• No ripped out pages or torn corners• No doodling that doesn’t relate to the
notes or topic• Notebook should be used for
SCIENCE CLASS ONLY!• Date, Title and page number each
page!• ALL entries must go into the table of
contents. • All right side pages must have left
side pages the following day• Be colorful, creative, and LOVE your
notebook!
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR
NOTEBOOK– The words: Scientist Notebook– Your Name– Your homeroom teacher’s name– Class Period that you have science– Your Letter ( Mrs. Corbin will give you
letters)
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE INSIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK!– Science Notebook rules on the inside
cover!– The first page is the Author’s Page
(that’s YOU) We will complete this page at
the end.Science Notebook
Rules
Author’s Page
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• THE INSIDE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK (TURN
THE PAGE)– The Table of Contents– Write at the top: Table of Contents– Divide the Page into 4 Sections– The table of contents will take up 4 right side pages.– The Table of contents will include Date, Title, Unit and Page Number.**The table of contents does not need a left side
reflection***
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!
Date
Title
Unit
Page
Table of Contents
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• Author’s Page–We will create your author’s page
today.– The author’s page will be a preview of
what we are going to study this year. We will dedicate one section of our author’s page to each unit.
– You will create an illustration and put a caption for each unit we will study this year.
– Let’s set it up …..
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!• Sample Author’s Page
LET’S SET UP OUR NOTEBOOKS!
SCIENCE
Measurement
inquiry Graphin
g and classifying
Matter and Chemistry
Energy
Earth and
Space
Organisms & Environments
WE ARE READY TO BEGIN OUR 5TH GRADE SCIENCE JOURNEY
Spend the remainder of class time creating your author’s page&
Numbering your pages
If you do not finish, you may finish
working on this page at home.
