Engaging Students in STEM: STEM Notebooks

If you know me, you know that I am a huge fan of Interactive STEM Notebooks and will take just about any opportunity to write about them and sing their praises.  Aside from being an efficient way to conduct formative assessments, these notebooks help to stretch student thinking (and learning).

If you’ve never used them before in your classroom, STEM Notebooks are a practical way to encourage students to take charge of their learning.  Depending on the teacher, these notebooks can be used for many things- class notes, labs, diagrams, vocabulary, etc.- but no matter what their contents, at their core they are used for students to process and reflect upon what they have learned (and as a side benefit, provide a great class-wide organization tool).  This active participation and demonstration of process, amplified in the NGSS, encourages students to work towards becoming better problem solvers.

Implementing interactive STEM Notebooks in your classroom might seem overwhelming, but they pay dividends when they provide a study tool for students and an formative assessment tool for you.

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