Science Notebooks in Grades K–2 3
Reference document. When data are displayed in functional ways,
students can think about the data more eff ectively. Even with young
students, a well-kept notebook is a useful reference document. When
students have forgotten a fact about an insect or a plant that they
learned earlier in their studies, they can look it up. Learning to trust
a personal record of previous discoveries and knowledge structures is
important.
A complete and accurate record allows students to reconstruct the
sequence of learning events to “relive” the experience. Discussions
about science among students; students and teachers; or students,
teachers, and families have more meaning when they are supported by
authentic documentation in students’ notebooks.Labeled drawing from the Animals Two by Two Module