I have been using science interactive notebooks since my first year of teaching. I had a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful science teaching coach who was all about using science interactive notebooks in the classroom. It was a bit of a struggle for me to get them going. Some years were better than others for implementing them, but over the years I have learned a few tips and tricks. Today I wanted to share them with you.
I like to do this by giving them a cover to color and decorate however they would like. 
Sometimes my students wouldn’t be able to finish gluing their pieces in their notebooks and I would have to pass out baggies for them. The baggies would get lost in their desks or chair bags and I would constantly have to make them more copies. This helps keep their pieces right where they need them–in their notebooks!
I always liked for their flip book pages to be in the correct order. To do this we had to work on not skipping pages. By adding a piece of ribbon as a bookmark, the students were able to easily know where their next flip book needed to be glued.
The notebooks get THICK pretty quick! Students would shove them in their desks or chair bags and they would get bent and pages would get torn. This helps keeps the notebook nice and neat.
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I hope these tips get you excited about implementing science notebooks with your students! My students always LOVE them!
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Very cute! Is there anyway you can email me the original, so that I can put it in Spanish?
Thank you,
Yanett
Hi Yanett! Thank you! Unfortunately I am unable to email you an original copy because it violates the Terms of Use for the clip artists. The science journal cover is available in Spanish in this set of science flip books. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-Interactive-Notebook-Part-1a-SPANISH-2061849 I hope this helps! 🙂 Amanda
Do you have an interactive science journal for Kindergarten?
Do you have a bundle for Kindergarten science interactive journal?
Hi Susan! I do not have one specific for Kinder. I created the 1st grade set as I taught first grade and then the following year when I moved to kindergarten, I was able to use many of the components during the 2nd semester with my kinder kids! 🙂