Lesson examples to help you turn your science notebooks into a means of performance based assessment. 

Science Lab Notebooks in Book Creator

Check out this series of Book Creator ebooks. These experienced educators share their tips, ideas and resources to help you supercharge your lessons!

Using Book Creator in the classroom

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When teachers create template pages for student books, they can use the margins to provide additional guidance and resources, including 3D models for students to deepen their learning. Sentence frames can be provided to support writing. Directions in the margins do not show up in "read" mode, so when others see their book they only see the student's work. This allows for discreet, individualized scaffolds and supports that require very little effort from the teacher.

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It's quick, easy and impactful to provide meaningful, individualized feedback in Book Creator. Feedback can be left in the margins using text, emojis and the new Teacher Feedback Stickers (as in the screenshot below). Alternatively, teachers can record video (as in the page to the right) or audio to utilize their tone of voice and body language to contribute to the feedback. An audio clip of a teacher giving feedback can come across as much friendlier and more encouraging than written feedback. Plus, recording feedback can be quicker for the teacher and student.

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Capture Hands-On Science

Students learn how to use the many interactive elements of Book Creator surprisingly quickly, even for pre-readers and students with very little English. The intuitive, user-friendly menus, complete with pictorial icons, allow the youngest learners to take advantage of all the features, clicking on the plus sign to add in their pictures, writing, and video. Using teacher-created template pages like the one below, educators can easily send out an assignment to individual students or to every student in the library with only one click. Teachers can add instructions using short

audio clips, so that students can listen to directions multiple times instead of looking up at a SmartBoard, which many find difficult to alternate with doing their work.

Blank template (<a href="https://read.bookcreator.com/aWAhdfUWXPQR1UPW7fJOHnfObsb2/DtKbNUuxT8O2cStVnt-uQQ">remix it</a>)

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I chose to draw a model of this circuit because it really works! Batteries have positive + and negative - sides on them. The way it works is that first it starts from the 9V battery, then the wires transfer the electricity to the motor. Then it goes to the windmill. Then it goes to the LED light and then back all the way to the battery. Then it All turns on! But If one wire metal does NOT touch metal it does not work at all.

Today in Mrs. Eaton's class we made circuits using wires. It was really fun trying out the circuits. My favorite part was the motor because it spun.

We can also use solar cells to get sunlight and make that windmill turn!

Cover photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@shocking57?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Stephen Hocking</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/insect?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>

<a href="bookcreator://page/crsHj6dQQcOzN602AzBi5g">Performance Based Assessment</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/Ap9-0ddWS5S1gPxunhfqIA">Video &amp; Audio Capture Hands-on Science</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/CrTg1FWVQCusvC6OQ6GcDw">Magic Pen for Modeling</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/1nWBE_DbTkaemfSHML1nBw">Teacher-created Templates</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/fAPvNMXYRgq5Dp-Xk8zidw">Virtual Interactives bring Abstract Concepts to Life</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/vX-E-yTySsSioOWTLHPcRg">Supporting ELA Objectives &amp; English Learners</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/501thy9xR_e1gxjHU1J_2g">Teacher Feedback with Text, Audio, Video &amp; more</a>

M. of Ed. <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsEatonELL">@MrsEatonELL</a> Adjunct Instructor of Education, K-5 Elementary Teacher, &amp; English Learner Specialist

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The moon surface is rouf. It is not smooth.

The dark areas of the moon is made of rock called Basalt

The white area of the moon is made of rock called Granite.

1. Choose ONE of the 3D Models below to compare with your milkweed bug. Drag it under the title and type its name in the peach box.

2. Put the pictures of the milkweed bug and the insect you chose in the two top boxes.

-<a href="https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/insects/insects-eyes/">Common Housefly #1</a>, <a href="https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/insects/insects-eyes/">Housefly Eyes</a>, <a href="https://kids.kiddle.co/Housefly">Article about Houseflies</a>

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3. Use the 3D Model, the link about your insect, and the sentence frames below to write a paragraph comparing the Milkweed Bug and the insect you chose.

-<a href="https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/insects/honey-bees/">Honey Bee Information</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta154f5Rp5Y">Honey Bee video</a>

-<a href="https://kids.kiddle.co/Swallowtail_butterfly">Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly</a>, <a href="http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Papilionidae/">Article about Yellow Swallowtails</a>

They are the same because they both ____. Also, both of them _____. One difference is that the __ Another difference is that ______. 

-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE-0x9AVGh8">Stink Bug Information</a>, <a href="https://www.pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/stink-bugs/">Stink Bug Facts</a>

Comparing Two Insects The yellow swallowtail butterfly and the milkweed bug are similar because they both have six legs and antennae that wiggle. Or I think the milkweed bug can wiggle them. Another thing they have in common is that both can fly a lot. They are different because the milkweed bug has wings that hide and the yellow swallowtail butterfly has beautiful big wings that can't hide. Another difference is that the butterfly is a lot bigger, and it's not dead.

The ____ and the ___ are similar because they both ____. Another thing they have in common is that both have . They are different because the ____ has ____ and the ____ has _____. Another difference is that ______.

Modeling is a critical component of science science. Students use models to represent their current understanding of how things work and how things change or move. Book Creator has a number of tools to help students create sketches, diagrams, and models so that students can show what they know in a visual way. In science, a student’s understanding of a concept is often complex, so a voice recording paired with a photograph or model allows the teacher to track a student's evolving understanding of the performance expectations. Voice recordings also make it easier for emerging writers to express themselves, while serving as an ongoing portfolio of a student's oral fluency and progress in speaking.

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) set Performance Expectations (PEs) for what students should know as well as what they must be able to do to apply and demonstrate what they know. Traditional pencil and paper tests are not adequate to demonstrate that students have met these standards. A science notebook in Book Creator serves as a performance based assessment where students and teachers can track a student's growth as a scientist. Features like text-to-speech, videos, voice recordings and the magic pen allow students to show what they know and what they can do in multiple ways. Additionally, teachers can share the published book with parents, who can see their child's work as it progresses throughout the school year.

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Hands-on science is always best, but we (unfortunately) cannot take a student on a field trip to the moon. Using virtual interactives like 3D Models, Google Moon and Google Maps help bring abstract concepts and places to life for students.&nbsp; After exploring new concepts, students can use a voice recording in the first instance to explain what they have understood. They can then refer back to this as they draw and label a model, or as they write down their learnings.

This is the sink or float experiment with pumpkins of many sizes in a bathtub.

Please listen to my idea and the results of the experiment.

I wish I was alive. I could go around Mrs. Eaton's room. And why is some person looking at me? Is that person talking about me? Still I wish I was alive. Wait that person is typing&#160; about me. Oooooo. I still can't believe Mrs. Eaton put me in the freezer. Wow.&#160;

Describing the Milkweed Bug The bug is all red. It has 6 legs. It has 2 Antennas. The bug's legs are black. The antennas are black too. But the bug has black spots and black lines. It has a black mouth too.

Questions about the Milkweed Bug -Is his tongue black like his mouth? -Is this a baby bug or an adult? -What does he eat? -Does he go to Mexico in winter like the butterflies?

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Students at all language levels and with any learning style can find success using features like voice typing, recorded directions, the magic pen, and visual supports like photos, videos, and 3D Models. Having voice recordings and videos of how students speak is powerful evidence of how a student is progressing in spoken English. Students have many ways to "show what they know" and they are much more likely to have success when they use the many features of Book Creator. Many features of Book Creator especially benefit English Learners, allowing them to demonstrate what they know using multiple modalities. What’s more, science is one of the best ways to develop ELs language through content. Science Notebooks in Book Creator can be differentiated to a student's language level, and a student's native language can be incorporated so that there is a more complete picture of what the student is learning.

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