I love the Twitter post by one of our teachers, Mrs. Bell's Class (@KayleeBell17) on how her students used the ABCDE method to record their scientific observations. (Check out a full description and lesson plan from the California Academy of Sciences.)
The simple mnemonic, ABCDE, reminds students to make sure their drawing clearly depicts what they are observing.
Science notebooks are a great way for students to capture their learning . . . drawing, graphing and writing about their learning.
Why not add a bit of novelty and have students draw their observations with the app, Paper by Fiftythree? Paper is free for iPhone and iPad. It allows you to create some amazing sketches.
You can choose to save images as JPG or as PNG to the camera roll.
In the app, the tool tray has a variety of tools for drawing. My favorite is the watercolor brush.
Click here to see a full description of all the tools.
APP Smash Time!
Once, students have their sketches, have them upload them to one of the following applications. They can add their voice, icons, music and finally, turn their scientific sketches into an inspiring video.
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