How might STEAM notebooks power your Write Out 2022?
Author: Christina Cantrill
Cantrill, Christina. “How Might STEAM Notebooks Power Your Write Out 2022?” Write Now Teacher Studio, https://studio.nwp.org/posts/26210506?utm_source=manual.
Dear friends of Write Out,
As you already know, this year’s event Write Out is STEAM-Powered and will run October 9-23. And that STEAM-Powered Write Out will use notebooks and journals that inspire observing, describing, and annotating just like STEAM professionals do!
Why notebooks you may ask?
Learning from the authors of Composing Science: A Facilitator’s Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom we know that “[f]ormal scientific writing begins informally, as scribbles in the margins of an article, notes taken at a conference, or surprising data described in a lab notebook.” In learning how to “compose science” then, the authors suggest that the use of notebooks can begin with spending time with the notebooks of science professionals and engaging in discussion about their many purposes in the field. Doing this allows “… students come to see their notebooks as a way to learn and not simply as a way to record what is already known.” (Chapter 1, Composing Science)
How might thinking about the use of notebooks and journals outside, and being inspired by STEAM professionals and how they use these same tools, power your Write Out this October?
We can’t wait to hear from you!
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… what can we start to learn about the ways scientists use notebooks? Please feel free to start to annotate – you can begin with “I notice” and “I wonder”
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In this blog post, he points out pages where students can see revision, progression of thinking, diagrams and labels … an emphasizes how this shows that Bell didn’t just “get it right” the first time!
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I was happy to see the Manhattan National Historical Park featuring the women and people of color who worked there, including Marie Curie: https://www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/historyculture/index.htm
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One thing I notice is that they think with images in addition to words
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Sometimes someone just needs a good mentor to get started. I love my writer’s notebook and sparking that joy with our students really creates something that will help our students connect their words with the outside world.
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