Inquiry Science Education Consortium

Notebook Toolbox

You have here a toolbox of resources for teachers to use when analyzing student work!

Recommended Use:

Use these tools to support your analysis and reflection as you determine what evidence there is that students are doing NGSS Science and Engineering Practices -- based on what you see in their notebooks and beyond.

(1) Start by grounding your understanding in the Notebook Analysis Protocol and the Science & Engineering Practices Continuum.

(2) Then, use the Notebook Analysis Tool to capture your thinking when examining student's notebooks and participation.

(3) For further analysis, use NGSS Appendix F to find specific grade level examples and explicit descriptions of the SEPs.

Click on the images below to access each resource.

Notebook Analysis Protocol

Science & Engineering Practices Continuum

NGSS Appendix F

SEP 1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems

SEP 2: Developing and Using Models

SEP 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

SEP 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

SEP 5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

SEP 6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

SEP 7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence

SEP 8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Inquiry Notebook Analysis Tool:

A reflection tool used in the PLC, on your own, or with a colleague, to help consider the different opportunities children have to develop the science and engineering practices. To access each SEP Notebook Analysis Tool, click on the hyperlink for the listed SEP.

Notebook Analysis Protocol:

The steps teachers will take in looking at student work in IS notebooks.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eC4dStK94xS-YlfIQE6jFOlPTwKnYi3A/view?usp=sharing

Science Practice Continuum:

This document is intended for teachers to use when analyzing the degree to which students are engaged in the Science and Engineering practice(s) that are being reviewed.

http://www.sciencepracticesleadership.com/uploads/1/6/8/7/1687518/instruction_continuum_v4.pdf

NGSS Appendix F:

Appendix F highlights and describes in detail the eight practices of science and engineering that the NGSS Framework identifies as essential for all students to learn and do. https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/Appendix%20F%20%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20Practices%20in%20the%20NGSS%20-%20FINAL%20060513.pdf

Please contact Doris Rivera (doris@lanlfoundation.org) or Dr. Kersti Tyson (kersti@lanlfoundation.org) with any questions or wonderings about the Notebook Toolbox!