The document provides instructions for setting up and using an interactive science notebook. It explains that the notebook should be divided into two sections - the left side for student work and the right side containing teacher notes. The left side is for creative student assignments while the right side contains essential information for tests. Examples of assignments for each side are given. Guidelines are provided for maintaining the notebook, such as numbering pages, including a table of contents, and not doodling or ripping pages.
1. 1. Staple your Observing a Space Creature papers together and put them in the “In” box for your class Period. 2. Take out your notebook and begin numbering each page on the outer, top corner. Warm Up
3. I can't find my . . . notes, homework, old quizzes . . . I was absent last week, did I miss anything? I can't remember what we did in class yesterday. I'm sure its in . . . my locker . . . my book bag . . . my room . . . Have you ever heard yourself say .
12. The TOP of the left side is referred to as the WARM-UP. This “warm-up” 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 warm up should only use a couple of lines. Fill in the missing word. Decomposer Producers Consumers Plants are _________. Lions, tigers, and bears are ________. Worms and mushrooms are_________ WARM-UP #1
13. The day’s activity is placed on the LEFT or OUT side of the notebook. This section acts as a reinforcement and processing for the RIGHT or THROUGH side . LEFT SIDE
20. The RIGHT side of the notebook contains information given to you by Mrs. Wilson. This is the ESSENTIAL information that will DEFINITELY be on a quiz or test. Nothing else should go on this side. RIGHT SIDE
