Grade 6 · Science · Lesson 38

STEM Journal and Portfolio

A scientist is only as good as their notes. Even a brilliant experiment is wasted if you cannot remember what you did, what you measured, or why it mattered. That is what a STEM journal and portfolio are for. The journal is the daily lab notebook where every test, sketch, and number lives. The portfolio is the curated set of your best work that shows how much you have grown. In this lesson you will learn what belongs in each, how they differ, and why both matter.

What this lesson teaches

1Record dated lab notebook entries with question, sketch, raw data, and reflection
2Tell raw data apart from cleaned data and from a written reflection
3Curate a portfolio of artifacts that show your best science work
4Explain how a portfolio is evidence of growth across the year

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