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GLOBE GLOBE Science Integration

Using Data	Data Collection GLOBE Data Notebook Data entry
Student Science Notebook
Earth as a System
Student Inquiry	Looking at Data Question Investigation Discussion of Results
Implementation

GLOBE Student Science Logs

A Science Log : A scientific journal in which students

- record observations,
- write questions,
- develop theories and hypotheses,
- chart data, and
- preserve any other material relevant to their GLOBE investigations.

Who keeps logs?
Explorers, Artists, Scientists, Mathematicians, Writers, Travelers

What do Logs or Journals look like?
        Colloquial diction
        First Person and Personal
        Informal punctuation
        Rhythms of everyday language.
        Observations (numbers, words, images/sketches),
        Includes context (date, location, time, weather, etc.)
        Questions, Speculation
        Self-awareness. Include both fact and feeling.
        Digressions
        Synthesis of ideas - reflection
        Interpretations
        Revisions
        Regular entries

Suggested strategies for students

Make observations central to the log
Model good journaling yourself
Read the Journal of others (Lewis and Clark, Cook, Amundsen, etc.)
Ask for weekly summaries/reflections
Help with organization - tabbing, color coding,
Review the logs periodically (teacher review, peer review)
Use the Log to study change
Encourage students to use their Log as a source of research questions

From the notebook of Galileo Galilei, c1610
Drawings of the moon as seen with Galileo's telescope.
From Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius

Other Resources
Example: Journal Entry - Thomas Harriot- Sunspot observations, 1610
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/sp/images/harriot.1.html

Example: Katie O'Toole's Online Log of diving off the Juan de Fuca Ridge in submersible, Alvin.
http://www.wpsx.psu.edu/porthole.html

Example: Scientific American's correspondent reports on life aboard a research ship.
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/073197seasci/log.html

How to Keep and Inventor's Log
http://inventors.about.com/library/howto/htlogbook.htm

Keeping a Log Book (includes example of astronomy log entry)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/astronomy/cbrown/16280/logbook.htm