Interactive Notebook (Physical Science)

Notebook Downloads:  (The following list of documents will be handed out to each student in the first week of class.)

The Left Side
The Right Side
Course Syllabus
How to write a Lab
Lab Rules
Reflection
Three Levels of Questions
Classroom Rules & Routines
Table of Contents - BLANK
Lab Safety Scavenger Hunt

Table of Contents for each Unit:
Unit A: Studying Materials Scientifically
Unit B-1: The Chemistry of Materials I
Unit B-2: The Chemistry of Materials II
Unit C: Water
Unit E: Force and Motion
Unit G: Earth in the Solar System
Unit F: The Earth in Space
Unit 9: Simple Machines

How to score well on the Notebook:
*Left-hand Pages
Every page has to have a descriptive title
Every page should be numbered. (Outside upper corner)
Each page should have a colored, labeled illustration about the current topic.
Each page should be completed correctly.

*Right-hand Pages
Every page has to have a descriptive title.
Every page should be numbered. (Outside upper corner)
Each page should have a date.
Each page should be completed correctly.

* Cornell-style notes
Copy the notes down completely, including title & date.
Write a minimum of 4 questions on the left margin. (The higher the question level, the more critical thinking and higher the score. See Three Levels of Questions for sentence starters.)
Additional questions earn 1 extra point each. Maximum of 8 questions.
Write a 2-3 sentence summary at the bottom for an extra 2 points.