Getting little learners excited about science is easy with engaging experiments and thematic units. Teaching them to collect and organize data like scientists is accomplished with a Science Notebook.
1) Work Doesn’t Get Thrown Away
Whether you are homeschooling or in the classroom, it is always a bit painful throwing away your kids’ hard work. You spend the time planning, prepping, completing and grading the work ONLY to throw it in the trash. I don’t think so!
The great thing about having a science notebook is your students’ work is in one place. They can take it home at the end of the year and show their parents everything they learned. It’s pretty amazing when I get emails from parents complimenting the hard work we did! They have a book that is not only full of scientific content, but a reminder of everything they learned during the year.
2) A Science Notebook Saves Paper
You may think that a year’s worth of experiments would create a lot of paper. However, the great thing about a science notebook is that you are able to use HALF of the paper.
Rather than copying full pages all year long, our Science Notebook includes half pages that are glued in their composition notebook
3) Learners Are Held Accountable
Learners are in charge of keeping up with their own Science Notebook and given the materials needed to do so. Also, my learners organize their work with the table of contents and bookmarks .
At the beginning of the year, we learn about scientists. We learn how an important part of their job is staying organized and collecting information and data. Learners should practice this science skill all year!
Science Safety Rules FREEBIE
Along with our Science Notebook, we use a variety of posters to teach science skills. One poster we use and review every time we complete an experiment together is our Science Safety Rules. You can grab this free for your own learners by clicking the image below.
If you think that using a Science Notebook would help you and your learners in your classroom, check out the complete notebook {here}. With resources from life science to matter, from spiders to pumpkins, you can teach the majority, if not all, of your science standards using this ONE resource!
Hi!! I recently bought your science notebook because our school does not have a recent science curriculum (1985 Yikes!) I was hoping to use this but I was wondering if the notebook went with a book or something that explained what each page or experienment did. What I mean is there a teachers manual side of the notebook? Like the lets make apples page, it doesn’t really explain what to do.
If you could help that would be great!
I left this open-ended so that teachers could create different recipes. Some teachers enjoy creating applesauce, but we always made cinnamon sugar apples. We simpll (1) cut the apples, (2) added the ingredients (butter, cinnamon, sugar and apple slices) and (3) cooked in an electric skillet. The heat made the ingredients blend together, melt and softened the apples. I do not have a teachers manual but do hope to have a completed notebook available soon that will help answer some questions!
I bought the science notebook and I love the format and the style of the pages, but as a homeschool parent, it would be handy to have a little more direction in completing the pages, since I’m not using a school’s curriculum for science. Did you ever complete a notebook so that completed sample pages are available for your customers to view?
I currently do not but hope to have some more sample pages completed in the future!
I bought the science notebook and I love the format and the style of the pages. :))
Malina, I am so happy to hear it! Hope your kiddos love it, too!
This is perfect for my kindergarten students. I wish I had found it and used it this past year. Ending this school year now but something I cannot wait to begin in August. Thank you!
I am a kindergarten teacher in Ohio. From what I can see in the description and preview your science notebook seems to cover all our standards except day/night. I did see sources of light and phases of the moon listed in the printables list. Do you have anything else that I could get for day/night to put with this notebook? I’ve never had one and it looks great. I am excited about the possibility of getting it and using it with my students this year. Thanks for your time!
That is something I can definitely add when I get around to updating this resource! Thanks so much for the suggestion!