Thursday, 9/28/17- A Day

Learning Tasks:

1. Do Now– Copy down today’s homework assignment in your planner. Get out your science notebook and add to the Table of Contents- “Lab Safety Challenge” p.13 (Right Side). Head p.13 properly with “Lab safety Challenge-9/28/17
2. Consensus Discussion (Circle)– Come to a class consensus as to what strategies/characteristics we expect in a scientists’ notebook and therefore in our notebooks
3. Take the Laboratory Safety Challenge– Watch the Flynn Scientific Safety Challenge video. On p.13 in your interactive science notebook, make a list of what NOT to do in a science lab.

Homework:

Questions 1-4 on handout

Wednesday, 9/27/17- B Day

Learning Tasks:

1. Do Now– Copy down today’s homework assignment in your planner. Get out your Interactive Science Notebook and open it to page 10.Solve the following word picture puzzle: M CE  M CE  M CE
2. Review HW– ISN p10.
3. Productive Scientific Class Discussion/Norms for Accountable Talk (Circle)– Brainstorm how scientists find out what other scientists are working on or researching. How do you think scientists discuss? What kinds of words might they use? If two scientists disagree, but need to work together to reach a solution, how might their conversations sound? Develop a class list of norms for accountable talk. Everyone’s voice has value, so how can we make it comfortable so that all voices contribute?
4. Consensus Discussion (Circle)– Come to a class consensus as to what strategies/characteristics we expect in a scientists’ notebook and therefore in our notebooks

Homework:

Questions 1-4 on handout

Tuesday, 9/26/17- A Day

Students will be able to:

• Observe a variety of strategies that scientists use to document their thinking
• Select strategies they’d like to incorporate into their own science notebook

Learning Tasks

1. New Seats!
2. Periods 4, 6, & 7- Focus Questions– Set up questions on ISN p.11. How do scientists use notebooks? (Write-Pair-Share). All classes- Strategies we expect to see in scientists’ notebooks for recording data & observations (Full Class Brainstorm).
3. Gallery Walk– Review procedures and expectations for gallery walk. For each notebook sample, look for different strategies scientists use for recording data and observations. Notice similarities and differences between the notebook samples. Record your observations on ISN p.11.

Homework:

Questions on ISN p. 10 due tomorrow 9/27

Monday, 9/25/17- B Day

Students will be able to:

• Observe a variety of strategies that scientists use to document their thinking
• Select strategies they’d like to incorporate into their own science notebook

Learning Tasks

1. Do Now– Copy down today’s homework assignment in your planner; Get out your Interactive Science Notebook and add to the Table of Contents- “Notebooks Across Time” p.11 (Right Side); Head p.11 properly with “Notebooks Across Time-9/25/17.
2. Periods 4, 6, & 7– Model how to add to Table of Contents. trim and tape to inside front cover of ISN. Model how to format page headings & write page heading on p.10. Give students the following prompts on page 10: What are you looking forward to most about your science notebook? What do you still wonder about your science notebook?
3. Mindful Monday– 7 Days of Calm: Day 2 Returning to the Here and Now– Listen to the audio walk our way through the mindfulness practice. After the practice, we discuss- What did you notice?
4. Focus Questions– Set up questions on ISN p.11. How do scientists use notebooks? (Write-Pair-Share). Strategies we expect to see in scientists’ notebooks for recording data & observations (Full Class Brainstorm).

Homework:

Questions on ISN p. 10 due on Wed. 9/27

 

Friday, 9/22/17- A Day- Fall Equinox

Learning Tasks:

1. 1. Do Now– Copy down today’s homework assignment in your planner. Get out your Interactive Science Notebook. Can you find the web address of the class blog anywhere on pages 1-9?
   2. Science Friday– The Giant Squid’s Biggest Mystery (Periods 3, 4, 6, & 7) or Breakthrough: Polar Bear Witness (Period 2 only)
   3. Team Eclipse Hurricane Harvey Experts– Periods 3, 4, 6, & 7
   4. Model how to add to Table of Contents & how to format Page Headings (including titles, entry types, & dates)
   5. First Notebook Entry– Give students the following prompts, and 5 minutes to write or draw their responses:

1. • What are you looking forward to most about your science notebook?
     • I am looking forward to…
   • What do you still wonder about your science notebook?
     • I wonder…

Homework:

Complete first notebook entry on page 10