Journaling
Teaching and Learning Methods
Journaling
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Examples of when to use field journaling activities through your week of lessons
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Correlating field journaling activities from "Opening the World through Nature Journaling" with stages of the Learning Cycle
Links for more Resources
CalAcademy - Talk Strategies with Notebooks - great ideas for promoting discussion while using student journals (aka notebooks)
More Teaching and Learning Methods
Aligning instruction with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Teaching the way students learn, using the Learning Cycle
Asking the right QUESTIONS to encourage interest, exploration, concept formation, application, and reflection
Facilitating productive DISCUSSION where students can explore their observations and questions, hash out their ideas with peers, and learn to make arguments from evidence
JOURNALING with students for deeper observations, application, and reflection of learning
Using positive MANAGEMENT methods to keep groups engaged