Science Notebook

Special Instructions:
  1. Use a 2", 3-ring "flexible" binder as your notebook.
  2. The cover of your notebook must be clean & free of writing, marks, etc.
  3. A master cover sheet with your name & period must be clipped into your notebook.
  4. Five dividers with tabs labeled with the name of each section.
  5. Notebooks must be brought to class each day!
  6. You will not be receiving a separate grade for you notebook! You will, however, only be able to use a well managed and organized notebook during selected quizzes and tests.
  7. To be used during selected quizzes and tests, all items in your notebook must survive a "shake" test (i.e. there cant be "loose" items just thrown in) and all of the following dividers must be present containing the mentioned items in the right places, properly numbered and dated.

Notebook Divider Sections

In front of the Divider 1 ~ Daily Agenda

Set aside this area to log each days agenda (what is written on the whiteboard). You can use lined paper or purchase a calendar to record this information. Develop a format and stick to it!

Divider 1 - Table of Contents

  • Set aside five sheets of paper to be used for your table of contents. Use the following heading for each page:
 
Table of Contents
  
Date
Activity Name
Page Number
  • Do not write on the back of these sheets
  • You will only enter the date, activity name and page number for items handed out in class and stored behind the 5th divider. (You will not need to make entries for any item that is student developed.)

Divider 2 - Course Paperwork

  • This section will be used to store your course paper work (in this order): the course syllabus, safety contract, computer generated grade report (after they have been signed and handed in for credit), a list of lab group members & phone numbers.

Divider 3 - Study Helps

  • Here you will keep and study aids, rubrics, helps, web site that you pick up through the year. This also a good place to store your Basmati password

Divider 4 - Classes Resources

  • Here you will store extra paper, graph paper, (pencil pouch with colored pencils etc.

Divider 5 - Class Notes, Handouts, Lab Guides, Outlines, Vocabulary lists, Graded Work

All work kept behind this divider needs to be:

  • Dated in the upper left hand corner,
  • Kept in order by date (most recent in the back),
  • Assigned a page number in a place that you choose (number the fronts using odd numbers only),