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Royce, Christine Anne – Science and Children, 2016
Keeping a log of scientific investigations, discoveries, and notes is a process that scientists have used throughout history. Elementary-age children engage in similar types of documentation when they perform investigations and sketch, label, or provide details about their work and findings. This column includes activities inspired by children's…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Investigations, Documentation, Childrens Literature
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Schleigh, Sharon – Science and Children, 2014
While most of us probably don't think of teachers as scientists, the truth of the matter is that teachers actually follow many of the scientific processes that scientists use to help them be effective. Teachers have to find ways to measure student learning and to use that measurement to inform their teaching practices. They need to know what…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Journal Writing, Teaching Methods
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Lott, Kimberly; Read, Sylvia – Science and Children, 2012
Many times students are given the task of keeping a science notebook, but do not fully understand the process or purpose of this endeavour. Science notebooks contain not only data but also questions, predictions, observations, and reflections from their experiences in science. To maximize the effectiveness of the science notebook, teachers must…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods
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Leffler, Beth; Crauder, Brenda – Science and Children, 2011
Science notebooks are an individual portfolio of a child's development and comprehension over the course of each unit as well as the entire year. Using notebooks reflectively in inquiry learning enables students to review their own ideas about a topic while creating opportunities for teachers to make formative assessments. Teacher reviews of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Notetaking, Journal Writing
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Pinou, Theodora; Flanigan, Hope A.; Drucker, Marjorie S. – Science and Children, 2009
Developing good record-keeping habits is essential for organizing, processing, and communicating experimental results objectively. Therefore, the authors designed an interactive method of teaching first graders to record, organize, and interpret data as they studied the life cycle of the spotted salamander ("Ambystoma maculatum"). In their…
Descriptors: Graphs, Grade 1, Developmental Stages, Water
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Beckstead, Larissa – Science and Children, 2008
The typical use of science notebooks is for students to record information as they complete an investigation, writing down their procedure, observations, data, results, graphs, and any other factual information pertaining to their experiment. The author did the same, but also incorporated specific writing assignments to prepare students to publish…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing for Publication, Investigations, Science Instruction
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Fulton, Lori; Campbell, Brian – Science and Children, 2004
Science notebooks are fixtures in many science classrooms, but are students using them to their full potential? Ideally, science notebooks should be tools for students to grapple with scientific concepts and make sense of their understandings using recording and organizing strategies that are personally meaningful. Many times, however, students…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Journal Writing, Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Livingston, Cathy – Science and Children, 2005
In this article, the author shares her experiences with science journaling, and finds it a valuable resource in discovering how well students have grasped the concepts of each lesson. The journal has also been a valuable tool in helping students to evaluate themselves, and write their comments on their own strengths and "weaknesses" or areas of…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Science Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Concept Formation
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Young, Terrell A. – Science and Children, 2005
Learning to write well is a long process that comes through teacher modeling, instruction, practice, and feedback. Luckily, the writing process can be used to improve science learning, too. There is perhaps no better place than a science journal for students to develop informational writing skills. Daily journal prompts are one way to encourage…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing (Composition), Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Klentschy, Michael – Science and Children, 2005
The science notebook is more than a record of data that students collect, facts students learn, and procedures students conduct. It is also a record of students' questions, predictions, claims linked to evidence, conclusions, and reflections--all structured by an investigation leading to an understanding of "big ideas" (not factoids) in science. A…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Journals, Data Collection, Literacy
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Shepardson, Daniel P.; Britsch, Susan J. – Science and Children, 1997
Discusses effective ways of using children's journals in science teaching and methods for assessing children's journals for science learning. Emphasizes the importance of children's own cognitive and verbal efforts to make sense of science phenomena. (JRH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
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Gibb, Lori – Science and Children, 2000
Introduces a germination bag activity in which students investigate the questions: (1) Why is soil brown? and (2) How do roots know when a plant has enough water? Uses scientific journals and posters for student evaluation. (YDS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Hands on Science, Journal Writing
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Britsch, Susan Jane; Heise, Kathryn A. – Science and Children, 2006
Children with special learning needs participate fully in the authors' science classes every day; their job as teachers is to bring about meaningful science connections for all students, including those who do not communicate their knowledge most effectively through the ways most typically associated with classroom learning (i.e., reading,…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Hands on Science, Science Instruction, Special Needs Students
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Melber, Leah M. – Science and Children, 2003
There's no better way to understand the work of a scientist than to have it explained in the scientist's own words. Scientific journals, personal accounts of research projects, and documentaries can give students an authentic view of the scientific process. It's an important step towards getting students excited about science and the work of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Scientists, Science Education, Books