Setting Up The Interactive Setting Up The Interactive Notebook!!Notebook!!

Step by Step…

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What is the IAN (Interactive Notebook)?

Definition - IAN is an organized collection of thoughts, ideas, sketches, data, and equations – a running record of the scientist’s thoughts.

Why The IAN?? Note-taking becomes an active process

Students will organize as they learn

Uses both visual and linguistic intelligences

Reinforces reading, writing, & research skills

Forces teachers to balance between giving information and letting the students process it

Forces students to process information

Reminds teachers to give time to absorb

It gives students permission to be creative

Is a portfolio of learning students can keep

Setting Up The Notebook Number ALL The Pages In Your

Notebook Begin With The First Page

Use a Marker or Pen

Put Numbers in Bottom Corner of Each Page

Remember – Odd Numbers are Right Side Pages and Even Numbers are Left Side Pages!!!!

Front Cover

The name of the course: Research 7/Life Science

The words: Interactive Research/Science Notebook

The class period that you have science: 3rd period, for example

The school year: 2014-15 Your “awesome” teacher: Ms.

Mutchnick/Mr. Hanna Your name: (self explanatory)

Front Cover and Page 1

Your Name

Subject

1st Semester

2014-2015

Class Period

1

YOU MUST USE AT LEAST 4 COLORS!!!UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Inside The Back Cover

Glue in grade sheet

for IAN

HERE

Back Cover

Create a personalized warning label

Giving teacher info about:

* your good days * your bad days * your pet peeves

(school related)

Pages 2 and 3

2 3

At the top in CAPS:“Keeping

Interactive Notebooks In

Science/Research: The Left Side”

At the top in CAPS:“Keeping

Interactive Notebooks In

Science/Research: The Right Side”

Left Vs. Right – What’s The Difference?

Turn to pages 2 and 3 of the notebook.

In order for people to “learn” a concept, they must not only be introduced to it and practice it, but they must be able to take that information and use it to create something else – they must implement it!

Left Vs. Right continued… This is the foundation for the left vs. right

pages Right pages are where the information is

coming in to the brain Cornell Notes, definitions, etc…

Left pages are where the students show that they have processed information

Graphic organizers, pictures

THERE CAN NEVER BE A LEFT WITHOUT A RIGHT OR VICE

VERSA…THEY GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!!

Pages 4 and 5-10

4 5

Teacher Commentary TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Pages

Update Your Table of Contents!

4 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Pages

1. Cover Page 12. Left vs. Right 2-3

Teacher Commentary

Basic Rules of the IAN

Some Basic IAN Rules Are As Follows: Pages May NEVER be removed!!!

If it doesn’t fit, flap it in!

You may NEVER touch another student's IAN without permission.

Basic Rules of the IAN Continued

Use Color and Creativity!!!

No Blank Pages!!!

Update Your Table of Contents Daily!!!

It may be graded at any time, so be prepared!