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5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

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Today’s printables in my series 5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School are from Part II. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school and how to homeschool high school page for more fun tips

When Columbus was in Portugal and Spain (1474 – 1492) Lesson 5 and 6 and from Part III. When Columbus was Sailing From Spain (1492 – 1500)  Lessons 7 and 8.

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

And I have 6 free printables. They are The Spanish Inquisition, The Battle of Bosworth, City of Granada, City of Alhambra, Martin Behaim and The Renaissance Geography, and State of Italy.

The minibook Spanish Inquisition is for Lesson 5 under Part 11. When Columbus was in Portugal and Spain  (1474 – 1492).

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

And then the minibook The Battle of Bosworth, which was the end of the War of Roses is for use in Lesson 6, also Part 11. When Columbus was in Portugal and Spain (1474 – 1492).

5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

On this minibook, there are two pages which are the same except that one has the answers if you want to use this for a younger child or for your middleschooler.

Though I try to list the pages in the book too where the answers can be found through your child’s research, I also give an answer sheet to help if you need it.

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

The next two notebooking pages, which are City of Granada and Alhambra are for use with Lesson 7, Part III. When Columbus was Sailing From Spain (1492 – 1500).

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

And then the Renaissance Geography Martin Behaim minibook is for use in Lesson 8, Part III. When Columbus was Sailing From Spain (1492 – 1500).

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

I do have one more printable I created too after Mr. Senior did his notebook cover on this book.

He drew the States of Italy from one of the hundreds of beautiful drawings in The World of Columbus and Sons, but I had some clip art from one of my paid resources and thought I would create a cover for you. 5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 4 For Middle and High School

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

Of course feel free to use this any way your child wants to. 

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

It can be a notebooking cover or it can be placed in the very front of the notebook because this is the area that Columbus grew up in.

5 Days of Learning Printables The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School

I hope your family enjoys these freebies. Knowing that there are so many topics to cover in this book can make it overwhelming to cover, but I hope your family enjoys the printables and they make it a little more enjoyable to cover as we love these series of books.

And don’t forget I have a huge Renaissance Unit Study and Glass Blowing Unit Study that will enhance your study of The World of Columbus and Sons.

Renaissance 1300 to 1600 Unit Study and Glassblowing

5 Days of Learning Printables: The World of Columbus and Sons

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5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 1 For Middle and High School.
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5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 2 For Middle and High School.
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5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 3 For Middle and High School.
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5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 4 For Middle and High School.
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5 Days of Learning Printables:The World of Columbus and Sons Day 5 For Middle and High School.

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How To Use A Homeschool Notebook | Zoology Unit Study

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A homeschool notebook is your best tool to explore zoology.

So, whether you’re learning about insects, mammals, birds, or reptiles, a zoology notebook is a fun way to keep all the information organized.

Too, a notebooking page can be done by any age. It makes a great tool for storing the information your child is learning.

How To Use A Homeschool Notebook | Zoology Unit Study

And a notebook can be anything like a spiral, file folder or 3 ring binder. Learners can add minibooks or write reports, draw or illustrate and label pictures to show what they have learned.

Basically, it’s a place where your children can keep all the things they are learning.

Additionally, it has several advantages than just doing worksheet pages. Like a fun scrapbook, each learner can make their notebook and notebooking pages unique.

It works well for learning any topic and today we’re doing one for studying zoology.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES TO USE FOR ZOOLOGY NOTEBOOK

In addition, we use living books for our notebooks.

Too, a reference book is a good science spine.

8 Resources for Multiple Ages Who Love Learning About Zoology

I have listed curriculum help to fun hands-on manipulatives for little kids to games and books which even older learners will enjoy.

Also, look at more zoology activities to add to your zoology homeschool notebook.

MORE ZOOLOGY ACTIVITIES

How To Use A Homeschool Notebook | Zoology Unit Study

Also, look at these homeschool notebooking pages.

I cover history, science and even geography with some of our notebooking pages.

HOMESCHOOL NOTEBOOKING PAGES

Finally, look at how easy it is to get started.

HOW TO MAKE A HOMESCHOOL NOTEBOOK FOR YOUR ZOOLOGY UNIT STUDY

First, you will need these following supplies.

Next, let your child decorate their notebook on the outside, giving it a title, drawing pictures, using stickers, magazine cut outs or prints of their favorite animals from the web.

This gives them ownership over their notebook and infuses it with their personality.

How To Use A Homeschool Notebook | Zoology Unit Study

Then, grab your reference book and then use the internet to find whatever other facts you need.

Now the rest is up to you, decide what your child puts in their notebook based on their age and ability but I am going to give you a lot of ideas to help you get started.

Actually, I recommend creating a baseline of information you would like them to include and have them repeat the same format for every animal.

  • Write the animals name.
  • Draw the animal.
  • Draw its footprint.
  • Kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, family, and species.
  • Food chain/web
  • Habitat
  • Lifespan
  • Endangered, vulnerable, extinct
  • Is it predator, prey, or both? 

Furthermore, include photos you take on field trips, printed images of the animals, you can type your required headers and let your child fill it out and then glue it in.

How To Use A Homeschool Notebook | Zoology Unit Study

This is just a starting point; it can be as simple or as involved as you like.

Encourage your child to get creative and use color, make sections for different information, and include lots of details.

This will go far in helping your learner remember all the information they are taking in.

Further, if you are using markers make sure your notebook has a thicker paper or keep a thick piece of paper between the page you are working on and the one behind it so it doesn’t bleed through.

The Anthology of Intriguing Animals was such a lovely resource, we enjoyed the realistic photos and the vintage feel of the book.

History Makers Notebooking Pages – Famous Persons from Ancient to Modern – Set 2

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I created the history makers notebooking pages because I don’t use one book or curriculum anymore when teaching homeschool history. Too, look at my page Homeschool Geography for hands-on and simple ideas and tips.

Earlier I shared set 1 of history makers notebooking pages because I do use a variety of reference books when creating unit studies. 

Keeping history lively, eventful and hands-on is my priority right now instead of always focusing on chronological order.

History Makers Notebooking Pages – Famous Persons from Ancient to Modern – Set 2

Teaching about a variety of time periods also allows us to focus on famous people or history makers. 

Because I always like my pages easy and not complicated to figure out, especially for older kids who have a lot of subjects to do anyway, I created this second set the same way as the first set.

History Makers Set 2

Next, look at some of these geography resources.

10 U.S. Geography Resources

If you're looking to teach U.S. geography in a hands-on way, you'll love adding one or two of these resources to your day or study.

Write a few important facts about the time period the person lived in and also write about what events made this person famous. 

These pages can be used for middle school or high school ages.

History Makers Notebooking Pages

Too, I added a box for drawing just in case you had a younger learner or sometimes the time period that the famous history maker lived in lends itself to an invention to illustrate or something to label.

Also, both sets cover a variety of time periods from ancient to modern.

One thing you will notice is that on each page, I have chronological boxes, so that your child can either lightly shade in the box or check the box this famous person lived in. 

It helps when you are covering history in chronological order to be able to see where this person lived in the stream of time.

This way you can coordinate and plan your unit studies too with what I have on my website already.

So that area on the notebooking pages basically helps you in two ways. 

One, it helps you keep your history in chronological order when you do need to cover it that way and two, you can coordinate with the free units on my site.

I hope that all made sense.

Too, hopefully, these will help you to add to your history collection because it covers the more significant history makers in each time period instead of covering every history maker. 

As I say often, sometimes we just need the highlights of history and not every single famous person.

List of 11 History Makers

  • Muhammad Al Pasha
  • Askia Muhammad
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Seretse Khama
  • Hammurabi
  • Mohandas Gandi
  • Confucius
  • Kim Jong II
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Charles Perkins

Too, grab Set I History Makers here 12 Free & Unique Geography Resource History Makers Pages.

Geography Curriculum and Resources

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Free Printable Strawberry Notebooking Pages

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Today, I have free printable strawberry notebooking pages. Also, you’ll love my free Strawberry Unit Study.

It may not feel like spring yet, but spring is on the way.

Free Printable Strawberry Notebooking Pages

Looking over my strawberry lapbook that we did, which seems like ages ago when my older boys were younger, I wanted to flesh it out some more if I decide to do this with Tiny.

Strawberries are the first “fruits” of spring or are they a fruit? You’ll have to read to learn about them.

Back when we did our lapbook, we also took a field trip with our group to pick strawberries. 

Of course at the end of studying about strawberries, I made strawberry short cake.

It was the perfect ending to our fun, easy and quick unit study about strawberries.

Too, I have some helpful websites and free downloads that will help your child do the notebooking pages on his own.

Strawberry Resources for Kids

First, look at these other strawberry resources to add to your unit study.

11 Strawberry Unit Study Resources & Books

Add one or two of these strawberry unit study resources to make your fun spring unit study come to life.

I never knew there were so many varieties of strawberries.

Go to this page at the University of Texas Digital Library to have your child label the notebooking pages showing the many varieties of strawberries.

Then go this page at the University of Illinois Extension office to read about the history and lore of strawberries.

There are two notebooking pages about the history and lore of strawberries.

Then read here about strawberry leaf disease to fill out the last notebooking page.

Learning about strawberries is a fun way to kick off spring and it certainly got my kids excited about the change to beautiful weather.

Free Printable Strawberry Notebooking Pages

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How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

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We’re creating puffy paint planets as we learn a little bit more about the 8 wonders that make up our solar system. You’ll love the free planet notebooking pages too. Grab more ideas on my page Exploring Space and Astronomy Free Unit Study for Multiple Ages.

There is so much about the vast solar system that we still do not know.

Take your aspiring astronomer on a journey to discover each planet with crafts, facts, and activities that will keep their hands busy, and minds engaged.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

These puffy paint planets are a fun way to learn about the planets, their size, and their relation to one another as well as their general makeup.

They can be painted to look as our planets appear and you can customize them to any size you like.

Free Planets Notebooking Pages

Also, I have a fantastic set of free notebooking pages that you can also use as a template to create them.

These are handy for your child to list facts about each planet as you cover it in your lessons.

And I have included some fun facts for you to grab as well.

However, in honor of Red Planet Day on November 28th I have some interesting facts for you all about the planet Mars.

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos.

There is a very handy mnemonic device that you can use to memorize the order of the planets-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Next, look at some of these books that you’ll want to add to your reading list.

I lean toward living books first, then reference books for reading.

11 Astronomy Resources & Books

Add one or two books to your unit study or use one as a spine for studying about space.

Also, here are some facts that your child can use to add to the notebooking pages.

Facts About the Planets for Kids

Mercury

  • Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, and it is only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon.
  • It is the closest planet to the sun but is not the hottest, strangely enough that record goes to Venus, but it does have the largest temperature fluctuations in the solar system.
  • Mercury’s craters are named after famous artists and writers, there is even one named Geisel after Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel).

Venus

  • Venus is the second brightest natural object in our night sky after the Moon.
  • Venus spins clockwise on its axis, unlike all the other planets in our solar system that spin counterclockwise.
  • Astronomers believe that at some point Venus collided with a celestial body and tilted Venus so far off its original position that it is now upside down.

Earth

  • The surface of the Earth is mainly water, about 71% and almost 97% of that is in the oceans.
  • It is estimated that you could fit 1 million Earths inside of the sun.
  • Our atmosphere is made up of gases-  nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. What we commonly refer to as air.

Mars

  • Mars is called the “Red Planet” because when seen in the night sky it seems to glow faintly reddish/orange. The reddish-orange color is due to all the iron minerals and dust on its surface. 
  • While humans have not been to Mars there have been 9 successful landings -Viking 1 and Viking 2, Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity, Phoenix, Curiosity, InSight, and Perseverance.
  • Mars is one of the easiest planets that you can spot in the night sky, it looks like a bright red point. 

Jupiter

  • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, it is more than twice as big as all the other planets put together.  
  • The “stripes” on Jupiter are cold, windy clouds made up of ammonia and water.
  • Jupiter was named by ancient astronomers for the Roman ruler of the gods and heavens.

Saturn

  • Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but is the most well known for it due to the size and complexity of its rings, made up of a glittering array of bits of asteroids and comets.
  • Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water, so that means that if it fit in your pool it would float. 
  • It has more moons than any other planet in the Solar System with 82 confirmed moons.

Uranus

  • Uranus spins on its side and rolls around the sun like a big blue ball.
  • One year on Uranus is 21 Earth years long, that’s a long wait for a day!
  • It was the first planet to be found through a telescope in 1781 by an astronomer named William Herschel, but he originally believed it to be either a comet or a star.

Neptune

  • Neptune has six rings and 13 confirmed moons.
  • Neptune is more than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth
  • This planet is an ice giant. Meaning that it is a giant planet made up of dense “icy” materials-water, methane, and ammonia, with a small rocky core.
How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Finally, look at how to make puffy paint planets.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets

You will need:

  • School glue
  • Craft paints
  • Dish soap
  • Paintbrushes
  • Gallon ziplock bag
  • Notebooking pages
How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

First, the dish soap gives these puffy paint planets’ window clings a little flexibility and helps them adhere to the window.

Print the notebooking pages at whatever size you would like to make your window clings.

I printed mine 4 sheets per page and felt like that was a great size.

Slip the page inside a gallon-sized ziplock bag, you may need to trim some of the paper away to make it fit.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Combine 1 tablespoon of glue, a drop or two of dish soap, and enough paint to get it the color you want it for each color that you want to make. Stir to combine everything well.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Now you don’t have to outline the planets but it really makes them pop if you do.

To do this I add black paint and a couple drops of dish soap to a bottle of white school glue that is about half full and shake it really well until everything is mixed.

DIY Puffy Paint Planets For Kids

Then use the tip of the bottle to “draw” an outline around each of your planets. Allow it to dry partially before you move to the next step.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Use a paintbrush to fill in the inside of each of your planets with a thick layer of paint.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

You do not want it thin, and it should touch all the edges so that it is sturdy and does not tear. Fill in each planet.

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

Allow it to dry overnight.

Carefully peel off each of your window clings and they are ready to hang up. 

How To Make Puffy Paint Planets And Free Notebooking Pages

If they need a little refreshing, you can swish them around in a bit of soap water for just a second and they will stick right to the window.

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