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Creation and Maintenance of your Science Notebook

Materials Needed:

3-ring binder
4-5 Dividers (ask your teacher)
Marker to label dividers
Several sheets of notebook paper (1 per divider)
Creation and Maintenance of your Science Notebook handout
Pen to make Table of Contents for each divider

Directions:

This binder will hold ONLY your science materials.
Label the dividers as shown on the Creation and Maintenance handout.
Place the dividers in the binder rings.
Place a sheet of paper behind each divider.
On the first paper, write Table of Contents – Class Notes at the top.
As you accumulate papers, you will file each one behind the appropriate divider AT THE BACK of the section, and record the date, title of the document, and page number on the Table of Contents for that divider.
Also, write the page number on the document itself.
A good system for numbering pages is to consider each item a page, no matter how many pages it actually has, and number accordingly.
Use the divider name in the page number, eg. a paper filed in the Class Notes section would have the number CN-1

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Creation and Maintenance of your Science Notebook

One Key to Your Success

A complete and organized notebook will save you time and help you learn more easily and effectively.

Get a 3-ring binder (2-inch), 4 dividers, and some paper. Assemble the pages and sections as described below. This binder will be brought to class with you each day.

1. Make a title page and decorate it appropriately if you like.

2. Label dividers as follows and put them in the order listed. Within each section, file papers chronologically – newest paper at the back of the section.

Class notes

Objective sheets for each unit – dated
All notes you take in class, on notebook paper or on handouts.
Handouts that are not assessed but are related to daily work
Number and date all pages on both sides as you file them.

(Ex. Notes-1 Tuesday, Jan. 24)

Laboratory

Lab Safety procedures
Safety Data Sheets
Lab handouts
Record of work completed in lab (procedures, data tables, observations, analysis, etc.)
Completed reports - if in Google drive, record title and location in Table of Contents

Assignments

Homework and other assignment handouts, in process, ready for submission, and

completed. (useful as documentation.)

Projects
Write your name, chapter #, text page#, or other identifying information and date due

at the top of all assignments.

Some pages may be filed in a different section later in the course.
This section may be thinned periodically with only representative examples of

your solutions.

Reference & Miscellaneous

Periodic tables
Tables, constants, formula sheets
Terms
Other materials you will refer to frequently (graphic organizers, instructions, etc.)

3. Behind each divider, add a piece of paper to use as a Table of Contents. Use 1 sheet of paper for each section listed below. Label the page with the section title. Record each document you add, both in the binder and in your Google drive, on the appropriate Table of Contents page.

4. File each paper immediately, by opening the rings, inserting the paper, and closing the rings through the punched holes in the paper. Write the date, number the page, and give the page a title.

5. Random, in-class checks may be conducted at the discretion of the instructor.

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Creation, Maintenance, and Evaluation of your Biology Notebook:

Get a 3-ring binder (2-inch), 6 dividers, and some paper.

Assemble the pages and sections as described below.

1. Make a title page and decorate it appropriately. Include your name.

2. Label dividers as follows and put them in the order listed.

Class notes

Table of Contents: Date, Title, and page number of all papers
All notes you take in class (if you use a spiral notebook this will be its home)
Handouts related to daily learning

Study Card Lists, Summarization Pages

Table of Contents: Date, Title, and page number of all papers
Study Card List
Summarization pages

Learning Targets

Table of Contents, listed by week
File each week's Learning Target handout in chronological order, most recent at the back.

Lab

Table of Contents: Date, Title, and page number of all papers
Lab Safety info
SDS
Any lab handouts and completed reports not in composition lab notebook.

Assignments & Assessments

Table of Contents: Date, Title, and page number of all papers
Homework and other assignment handouts, in process, ready for submission, and returned (useful as documentation.)
Quizzes, assessments

Reference & Miscellaneous

Table of Contents: Date, Title, and page number of all papers
Everything else goes here, recorded in the Table of Contents - NOT stuffed into binder pocket…
This handout
Course syllabus
Periodic tables

3. Don’t obsess over exactly in which section to file a paper. Put it in the section that makes sense to you and add the info to the Table of Contents for that section. The point is that YOU will be able to find it when you need it again (and you will need it again ☺ )

4. Number and date all pages, then file them. See top right corner of this document for an example. File each paper immediately, the day you get it. Label the top right corner and add the info to the Table of Contents for that section.

5. Random, in-class checks may be conducted at the discretion of the instructor. Students having neatly maintained notebooks may earn rewards; students with incomplete notebooks will earn academic detentions🤢.

A complete and organized notebook will help you study more effectively in less time.

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