Title: Texas Regional Collaboratives
1 Science Journaling 101 Presented by Judy York
Texas Regional Collaboratives Fall, 2007
2Contact Information
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- Judy York, ESC Region 12 jyork_at_esc12.net
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3What Do you Think?
- Discuss with your table any benefits of
journaling - For the student
- For the teacher
- For the parent
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4Research is verifying the benefits of using
journaling in science
- Benefits include --
- Modeling the scientist at work
- Creates relevance
- Encourages ownership
- Advances drawing skills
- A permanent place notes concept maps
- Great place to build graphing expertise
- The location of your vocabulary terms and their
explanations/ clarifications - Contains charts tables of student data
- The students place for reflecting on science
investigations and experiences
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5Top 8 Strategies for Student Success
- 1 - Enhanced context strategies
- 2 - Collaborative grouping strategies
- 3 - Questioning strategies
- 4 - Inquiry strategies
- 5 - Manipulation strategies
- 6 - Assessment strategies
- 7 - Instructional strategies
- 8 - Enhanced material strategies
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6Research Supports
- Color is important
- Vocabulary must be interactive
- Questioning strategies are
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7Historical Journaling
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8From the Journals of Lewis and Clark
Borrowed from Karen Ostlunds Journaling power
point
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9The Flight of Birds in code
- Can you read what de Vinci says about wings
and flight? You might want to take a moment and
reflect!
Borrowed from Karen Ostlunds Journaling power
point
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10Time was Ticking for Ben
- Ben Franklin invented the first wheel driven
clock prototype, but it was James Fergusons
review of Franklins journal entries, that led to
the working model of the clock.
Borrowed from Karen Ostlunds Journaling power
point
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11Journals
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12Journals
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13Thomas Edison
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14Create YOUR Journal
- Youll need access to glue sticks, scissors, and
maps pencils and a Composition Notebook. - Dont be afraid to make it your own. IT IS YOUR
Work and it represents you the student scientist. - Be Creative! Make it personal!
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15Why composition books??
- They are different from spirals (kids perceive
spirals as ordinary and disposable). - The paper is sturdy and kids are less likely to
rip out pages. It is a BOOK! - No wires to get tangled when you stack them.
- Wal-mart/Target-97 (school supply season
2/1.00))
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16An easy how to guide for student journaling
- How to start
- How to teach technical drawing
- How to monitor journaling growth
- Buy on-line at www.nsta.org or other bookstores
by Campbell Fulton ISBN 0-325-00568-0
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17Lets Get Started
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18Guidelines to help you make your journal are
placed inside the front cover
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19Decide how you will number and use the pages
- If you decide to number fronts only you will have
space on the back facing page to return to an
entry to add additional information when needed. - Number pages in a consistent location. Number 25
pages to start. - Record your entries on your Table of Contents as
you fill pages.
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20Make the 5 pages after the title page a Table of
Contents (like a book)
Make columns for EntryPage
This helps you find an entry fast when you need it
21On Page 1
- Title Journaling
- Draw and complete this Thinking Diagram
Student
Parent
Journaling
Teacher
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22Add Edison!
- Cut out the journal page from Edisons
- work and glue it to page 2. Title this page-
- The Idea Example
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23Warming Up the Thinker
- Warm-ups - Who is that scientist?
- Long-term Projects An Isopods Journal
- Models The Layered Earth
- A LAB Activity Like Lightning
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24 M Take a Picture Frame
- Make a picture frame that is 10cm by 15cm
- Draw a picture of a scientist. You have 5minutes
- Compare your drawing with others at the
table. - What do you have in common?
- Do you want to make changes?
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25Warming Up the Thinker
26Build a Pocket
- On the inside of the back cover use a 3X5 index
card to make a pocket - Keep your ruler there
- and your pencil, too if you like.
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27The Journey Continues
- Warm-ups - Who is that scientist?
- Long-term Projects An Isopods Journal
- Models The Layered Earth
- A LAB Activity Like Lightning
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28An Isopods Journal
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29 This morning, I was making my way down the cool
sidewalk, taking my morning stroll when it
happen! A 3rd grader swooped down and..
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30Create a Table
- Make two columns (in journal)
- Elementary use living and nonliving
- Secondary use biotic and abiotic
- Discuss the resources that are necessary for life
to continue. Decide which are living (biotic)
and which are non-living (abiotic). - Did you give your table a title?
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31What Do I NEED?, asked the Isopod.
- Observe the ecosystem at your table and use it,
plus your lists, and any other prior knowledge of
ecosystems to fill up your terrarium.
7 1/2 minutes
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32Now Drop in a Fresh Juicy Apple!
Draw an apple in your terrarium!
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33The mini-journal
- Long term projects
- Complex labs
- Small units
- Other???
- Cut and glue terrarium into mini-journal
- An Isopods Journal - Make at least two
observations per month and record any changes you
see in the terrarium. Start today. Date, time,
observations.
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34- Making the Connections
- (collaborative group products)
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35 Sun
plants
ocean
O2
run off
Water Vapor
CO2
Nitrogen
atmosphere
Soil
ground water
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36Questions/Actions
- What is the relationship among these terms?
- Organize the terms and add connecting arrows
(group on large chart paper) - What other terms would you add?
- Transfer findings to your own journal
- How will you do THIS?
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37Student Modeling
- Warm-ups - Who is that scientist?
- Long-term projects - An Isopods Journal
- Models The Layered Earth
- A LAB Activity Like Lightning
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38Dont Throw it AWAY!
- Cut out the four circles
- Go ahead and color EARTH
- Leave Earth flat
- Fold the other 3 circle in half with the lines
inside - Turn Earth face down and stack and Glue the
folded sections one on top of another in order.
DO NOT fold Earth!
39and ACTION!!!
- Warm-ups - Who is that scientist?
- Long-term Projects - An Isopods Journal
- Models The Layered Earth
- A LAB Activity Like Lightning
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40They All Should Be Committed!
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- Making a prediction is ESSENTIAL to student
success!
41The Parts of an Experiment
- Title
- Problem
- Hypothesis
- Materials
- Procedures
- Data
- Analysis/Conclusions
42Like Lightning
- We (the children) recalled that Great Aunt Clara
was taking her afternoon nap when she was
startled awake by the clashing of lightning and
thunder. Uncle Clyde tried to explain why
lightning happens, but he needs help. - Use the supplies to help him
- explain the cause..
43Like Lightning
- State the Problem in a sentence
- Make your Hypothesis
- Record the materials you use
- State the procedures you used to conduct this
investigation - Record data
- Create a short report for Uncle
- Clyde and Aunt Clara.
44Notes
- What is Static Electricity?
- Everything we see is made up of tiny little parts
called atoms. The atoms are made of even smaller
parts. These are called protons, electrons and
neutrons. They are very different from each other
in many ways. One way they are different is their
"charge." Protons have a positive () charge.
Electrons have a negative (-) charge. Neutrons
have no charge.
45Notes
- Usually, atoms have the same number of electrons
and protons. Then the atom has no charge, it is
"neutral." But if you rub things together,
electrons can move from one atom to another. Some
atoms get extra electrons. They have a negative
charge. Other atoms lose electrons. They have a
positive charge. When charges are separated like
this, it is called static electricity.
46Notes
- If two things have different charges, they
attract, or pull towards each other. If two
things have the same charge, they repel, or push
away from each other.
47Vocabulary
- Tape the baggie into your journal so that it can
still open - Cut your cards apart
- Store them in baggie
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48Grading
49Things to remember
- Having a sample journal to show as a visual when
you introduce journals is important. - If students record in a way that has meaning for
them, they feel more ownership of their
journal. - Journals become a useful reference in student
discussions, reviewing, studying, etc. - Journals show evidence of student learning over
time.
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50The End
- Thanks for Inviting me into your Memoirs !
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