Seventh Grade

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WELCOME

• Seventh Grade
• Science
• Mrs. Dobbs

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SETTING UP YOUR OWN SCIENTIFIC NOTEOOK

• YOUR NOTEBOOK SHOULD HAVE THESE SECTIONS
• COVER
• TITLE PAGE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• CONTENT PAGES
• BELL WORK
• REFERENCE
• APPENDIX
• GLOSSARY

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LETS TALK ABOUT EACH PART
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COVER

• 1. Can be personalized to express your
  interests or your character
• 2. Needs to reflect the context of
  this class
• 3. Needs to be colorful
• 4. Needs to have your first/last name,
• Teacher, Hour

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TITLE PAGE

• Inside front cover
• Think of a title (like your were
• naming a book)
• Express your

PERSONALITY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Inside first 2 pages (front and back)

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SAMPLE LESSON PAGE

• Upper left Upper right
• DATE PAGE LESSON NAME
• Notes, handouts, data tables, graphs, worksheets,
  etc. are put on the rest of the page.

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REFERENCE PAGE

• Last back page
• Make the first entry our e-mail addresses
• dobbsc_at_mustangps.org
• boothr_at_mustangps.org
• Then find the names and phone s of 2 other
  students in this class that you can call for
  questions about make up work or homework.

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APPENDIX

• Count 5 pages (front and back) from the reference
  page.
• Use these pages for items like progress reports,
  project rubrics, science lab contract, etc.
• Use for any other items that are specified by the
  teacher.

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GLOSSARY

• Located in front of the appendix section
• 5 pages (front and back)
• All the vocabulary words will be put on these
  pages by lesson.

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BELL WORK

• COUNT 3 PAGES (FRONT AND BACK) FROM THE GLOSSARY
• LABEL IT BELL WORK

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A LOOK AT REAL WORLD SCIENTISTS NOTEBOOKS.
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WRITING IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

• The laboratory notebook is
• A place to record what you see and do
• A place to record what you THINK about what you
  see and do
• A place to ask questions about experiences
• A place for your data and thoughts about it so
  that it is available for recall and use at a
  later time
• A place to put inquiries, as part of the inquiry
  process, which aid you in organizing your
  thoughts, interpreting results, or preparing for
  further inquiry
• Essential, it must be on the bench, open and
  ready, before work can begin
• A very important silent partner in an ongoing
  research effort

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WRITING IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

• The laboratory notebook is NOT
• A diary..
• A journal
• An English paper

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Writing in Science Technology

• Why do scientists/technologists write?
• To communicate ideas or
  convey information
• To think, learn, explore,
  or discover new ideas

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• 19th century Einsteins notes
• student notebook

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LETS SUMMARIZE

• Characteristics of a
• scientists notebook

• How scientists use
• their notebooks

• Scientists record the
• time as well as the date
• Scientists read notebooks of other scientists
• Scientists only write
• in their notebooks
• Scientists encourage
• investigation partners
• to read their notebooks
• Scientists record ideas they get from others-but
  they give credit

• Is individual in nature
• Includes what works and
• what does not work
• Includes text, data,
• drawings, charts, graphs
• Gives information and asks
• questions
• Entries are a record of
• thoughts at the time, and
• are not corrected later
• Newer ideas are added
• as another entry

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Scientists Dos and Donts forKeeping Legal Lab
Notebooks

• Do use bound books
• Do sign and date
• Do use ink
• Dont leave blank spaces
• Dont modify by erasing
• Do use past tense
• Do explain abbreviations
• Do staple/glue attachments

• Dont remove originals
• Do outline new experiments
• Do record lab meeting discussions
• Do provide detail
• Do track notebooks
• Do save completed notebooks