Seventh Grade

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WELCOME

• Seventh Grade
• Science
• Mrs. Dobbs
• Mrs. Boatman

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SETTING UP YOUR OWN SCIENTIFIC NOTEOOK

• COVER
• TITLE PAGE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• 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

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TITLE PAGE

• Inside front cover
• Title for the notebook
• Express your

PERSONALITY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Inside first 2 pages (front ant back)

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REFERENCES/APPENDIX

• Last 12 pages (front and back)
• 1ST ENTRY - FYI PAGE
• Make the first entry our e-mail addresses
• dobbsc_at_mustang.k12.ok.us
• boatmanr_at_mustang.k12.ok.us

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A LOOK AT REAL WORLD SCIENTISTS NOTEBOOKS.
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GLOSSARY

• Located in front of the appendix section (25
  pages from the back of the spiral)
• Thirteen Pages (front and back) labeled A, B, C,
  D, E, F, G, H, etc.
• All the vocabulary words will be put into the
  alphabetical categories as we complete each lesson

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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 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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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