Introduction Student Work Classroom Tools Teachers Resources FAQs




Site Contents

The site is organized by six main sections. Here's a brief overview of what's in each section.

Introduction
  • The introductory pages provide an overview of the site contents and a description of how the site was developed.
Notebook Features
  • This section describes one model for defining different ways students can enter information in their notebooks "entry types" and offers a rationale for why a teacher might select a given entry type.
Student Work
    This section includes the beginning of a database of student work collected from science notebooks at all grade levels, from kindergarten through preservice. The student work is stored in a database and searchable by a variety of criteria.
Classroom Tools
  • This section offers tools teachers can use to introduce students to science notebooks,
Teacher Resources
  • The teacher resources section provides references to relevant research and teaching literature, information on where to purchase notebooks, and other information to further develop teachers' understanding of science notebooks.
Frequently Asked Questions
  • Here you'll find an every growing list of questions generated by practicing teachers as they began to use science notebooks in their classrooms and responses from experienced teachers and professional developers to offer guidance.