Science Notebooking

http://sciencewriter.cast.org/welcome - K-12: Science Writer is a FREE interactive, web-based instructional learning tool designed to help students in writing a complete science report. The site provides a breakdown of the report writing process into manageable components and scaffolds for each step of the writing process as shown by research to be effective instructional practices in improving the written language performance of students.

http://www.sciencenotebooks.org - Science notebooks can be used to help students develop, practice, and refine their science understanding, while also enhancing reading, writing, mathematics and communications. On this site you will find examples of student work from science notebooks - many from common used commercially developed science instructional materials, information to support the use of science notebooks, and strategies to use notebooks to integrate reading, writing, mathematics, and science.

http://www2.etown.edu/bap/Resources/modquickwrite.pdf - writing prompts - The Science Kit Writing Resource.

http://www.ebecri.org/custom/toolkit.html - Science Notebooking Tool Kit Scientist's Notebook Tool Kit. Experiments that have been tested and recorded by students in various grade levels. articles supporting science and literacy. PowerPoint presentations, templates and guidelines made by other students to write down facts from your own experiments, look through kit specific resources.

http://sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com – science notebooking blog site - A site dedicated to educators interested in adding notebooking to their science curriculum at the elementary school level.

http://www.slideshare.net/eboni.dubose/science -interactive-notebook - interactive notebook - an Interactive Notebook is like your own personal diary for learning about science and for studying for upcoming quizzes and tests. A great organizational tool that gives you permission to be playful and creative in your responses without "messing up" your notes.

http://ps3.mspnet.org/media/data/science_notebook.pdf?media_000000004031.pdf - PowerPoint on use and types - - Notebook Criteria. Choose from hundreds of different experiments to try in your own home. After trying the experiment yourself, read through other student's outcomes, thoughts, and comments. From the Bay Area Schools for Excellence in Education (BASEE).

http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-4/notebooks.htm - article on increasing student achievement - Tools for Increasing Achievement Across the Curriculum. Find out what science notebooks are and how to assess science achievement across the curriculum. From the Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education.

http://www.irvingisd.net/sciencecenter/curriculum.htm - science strategies - Hands-On Science Center. Check out these 7 steps of how to create cool new items for science experiments! Print off the science notebook to keep track of your science experiment facts. Learn all about different type of word maps and how to set them up, lab management papers for your own laboratory success and rubrics to see how well you did on your experiments. Check out the 'Foldables' page to learn how to fold pieces of paper differently into various shapes and designs. From the Irving, Texas School District.