Science Journals are…

A collection of pre-designed activities and student work that are compiled in an organized binder (or the like) that demonstrates a students’ understanding of the course content through the completion of a variety of activities that get the student to think in different and engaging ways while working with key content in the course. This collection of work can then be used as evidence of a student’s learning and engagement/dedication to the course during interviews or parental communication.”

Wintercounts are ...

Pictographic calendars, traditionally painted on bison hides by plains tribes, recorded by Native Americans in North America. They display a sequence of years by depicting their most remarkable events and were used as pictoral records in order to help structure fuller accounts of history that would be passed on orally from generation to generation.