JoinPLI #5
National Conference in Philadelphia • March 26, 2025
Full-Day Workshop
Getting Started with Science Notebooks
NSTA Kids Workshop
Preconference • Wednesday, March 26 • 8:15 AM - 3:15 PM
All participants will receive...
- Coffee and tea (first come first served)
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE
$150
Conference registration is NOT required to attend.
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About the Session
Learn how to start using science notebooks or enhance your existing practice. Consider the different notebook models used by scientists and how they can support students. Set up your own notebook, view examples from an elementary classroom and try several strategies that are applicable across K-12.
Takeaways: When science notebooks are incorporated into student-centered, three-dimensional classrooms, they become powerful interdisciplinary sensemaking tools and a rich source of assessment data.
Presenter
Jessica Fries-Gaither
Jessica is an experienced science educator and an award-winning author of books for students and teachers, including Notable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings and Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data. Her teaching career has spanned the elementary and middle school grades in several states. She is the Science Department Chair and Lower School Science Specialist at the Columbus School for Girls. She loves reading, cooking, and spending time with her husband and four dogs.