FieldSTEM notebooks are an instructional tool where students’ ELA and math skills are utilized in service of developing student understanding about complex social and ecological questions, problems, issues and opportunities.With lessons that bridge relevant content, this
evidence can be used to engage students in collaborative inquiry as a way of learning content, connecting
students’ thinking and experiences with concepts, and providing opportunities to challenge students, to push
their thinking further. This supplement provides strategies and guidelines for using FieldSTEM notebooks.