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Science Journal Promts

The document provides sample prompts and a rubric for evaluating science journal entries. The six prompts are meant to help students avoid saying "I don't know what to write" by giving them starting points to describe their observations, experiments, hypotheses, conclusions, questions, and discoveries from their science work. The rubric assesses students on completing their journal, accurately writing down information, showing knowledge learned, providing detailed scientific descriptions, and making correct conclusions.

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Science Journal Promts

The document provides sample prompts and a rubric for evaluating science journal entries. The six prompts are meant to help students avoid saying "I don't know what to write" by giving them starting points to describe their observations, experiments, hypotheses, conclusions, questions, and discoveries from their science work. The rubric assesses students on completing their journal, accurately writing down information, showing knowledge learned, providing detailed scientific descriptions, and making correct conclusions.

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Science Journal Prompts and Rubric

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A Project ISIS Teacher 2004 This is a great way to avoid hearing the response I dont know what to write! Here are six science journal-writing prompts to get the ball rolling: Today I discovered that I also learned thatThe most interesting part of the experiment was..I am still wondering.. Today I experimented with..My hypothesis was..I concluded that..My next experiment will be about.. Today I observed..I predict thatI also measuredI concluded that. Today I learned about (vocabulary word). I discovered that (vocabulary word) Today I observed (topic). I now know what happened to .I am still unsure about Today I conducted a science lab on (topic). I predicted that .I analyzed my results and concluded thatAnother question that I have is Science Journal Scientist: _________________ Date: ______________

3 = Satisfactory

Science Journal Rubric 2 = Needs Improvement

1 = Unsatisfactory

Standard: Completed journal and wrote down information accurately 3 2 1 Clearly showed knowledge learned 3 2 Provided detailed descriptions using scientific terms 3 2 Made correct conclusions 3 2 Total Points Earned: _____ Total Points Possible: 12 1 1 1

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