I have 27 amazing homeschool lapbook ideas for science. You’ll love all my homeschool lapbooks for hands-on fun science.
Using a lapbook is not just for real young children and especially lapbook ideas for science.
I am not sure why that thinking permeates in the homeschool world and I have often wondered why it does.
We might feel that middle school or high school is supposed to be only about serious learning.
My thinking has changed and has been molded by many homeschool experiences but one thing that has not changed is the need to add a bit of fun to our everyday subjects.
Homeschool lapbooks can be as fun or as serious a hands-on tool for any child you’re homeschooling.
Free Printable Lapbooks
Also, quite a few of the lapbooks I have listed can be printed freely.
Too, when I prepare lapbooks, I created some with minibooks filled with facts.
You have the choice to print the blank form or use the prefilled minibook.
As we’ve done lapbooks throughs the years, I’ve realized sometimes we didn’t have as much as wanted to on our lapbooks.
Other times, we stayed much longer on certain topics.
Striking a balance of having some facts for the minibooks versus none is not easy, but you want to.
This encourages research and nurtures self-education.
Too, sometimes my kids preferred a combination of lapbooking and notebooking.
Lapbook Materials
Also, lapbooks are cost effective. Your kids can create one together or create one individually.
Once you’ve printed the minibooks and place them in the lapbook, the lapbooks can last for years.
Of course, using cardstock makes all the difference in how long the minibooks lasts.
And you don’t really need an expensive printer. I’ve use a mobile printer for years. And I use acid free glue.
Lastly, new flaps about different subtopics can be added to your lapbook as your child studies the science topic again.
Finally, look at the 27 amazing lapbook ideas for science below.
Other Homeschool Lapbook Resources
Also, look at some of these other posts for more help.
- Fun Pharaohs and Queens Ancient Egypt Lapbook and Activities
- Free Amazing Winter Unit Study and Winter Lapbook for Kids
- Fun Apple Lapbook and Hands-on Unit Study for Multiple Ages
- 15 Amazing Lapbook Materials to Use Besides Glue and Paper
- 20 Free Homeschool Science Lapbooks to Teach Hands-on
- 3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids
Science Lapbook Ideas
Hands-on lapbooks goes hand in hand with learning about homeschool science.
The best way to learn science is through engaging activities created by the child.
The beauty of unit studies is the ability to combine multiple subjects.
This famous and historic trees fun study combines nature, history, and geography. Add in some art and music and it’s a memorable unit study.
So the teens gathered some supplies and printed off some of the invisible ink activities from the internet. The one they really wanted to do was the one using cornstarch.
An iodine solution is used to reveal the writing. You make a gravy using cornstarch and write with that
The emphasis too is not just on the content or material to be researched but on presentation of the lapbook. I guess that is why I say I use my lapbooks for enrichment. We do unit studies, write some each day and like you, do math.
So I am not interested in presenting to my children or anybody else for that matter a bunch of blank uninspiring mini books.
We love this time of the year! Here in Texas as least we have some leaves that change colors not to mention how wonderful spices and sweet potato pie smell!
Strawberries are the very first spring fruit, and one of our field trips was strawberry picking so we used this lapbook to learn about them.
And if you have multiple ages of children, this free winter lapbook has several minibooks with various topics.
Add the lapbook to a winter unit study or do it alone as an enhancement to your studies.
I have three free Amazon rainforest lapbooks which go with our Amazon Rain Forest Unit Study And homeschool lapbooks make great tools for master learning about a unit study topic..
When the Texas wildflowers blanket the fields here we’ve never been able to stay indoors. We’re always thinking of ways to get outside.
Sharing this wildflowers unit study and lapbook along with some hands-on ideas, I hope they’ll help your kids get excited about a fun wildflowers unit study
Exploring space and astronomy free unit study for multiple ages is a fascinating study. It’s a glimpse into the sun, moon, stars, galaxy, and structure of the universe.
Why bats are not birds fun homeschool unit study and lapbook is an easy way to do a unit study with multiple ages of children.
Whether you study a pond in winter or summer, a pond unit study makes for a great hands-on science project. You can add in so many different nature topics.
There are just as many things that grow above a pond as there are that live below in a pond.
I can smell the beach from here! Okay, maybe not where I live now, but I feel that way since I grew up with the beach a short 30 minute drive. And we never missed a chance to go to it.
We would cook crab or gumbo, spend hours on the shoreline and build a fire. Seashore watching was an activity I loved as a kid and I made sure my kids knew about it. I think you’ll love these ideas for a seashore watching unit study.
My kids have always loved ways of learning how to live off the land. This foraging and feasting nature unit study is not only a way to teach Tiny some basic survival skills, but a great way to sneak in tips about how to cook.
We made a detour on finishing up high school for a quick nature read about sea turtles. I chose Our Sea Turtles as a spine and we weren’t disappointed. Today, in sharing from egg to sea turtle nature unit study and lapbook, I’ve rounded up some awesome links and ideas for you.
Also, I created a fun lapbook for about upper elementary to middle school for your kids.
The completed human body lapbook. Have you been following along as we did our huge human body lapbook and unit study?
We have had a ton of fun with our unit study and today, I want to give you one more minibook about the eye and some clip art to go on the
I have the rest of the minibooks to go with the free earth science lapbook, which is Earth’s Structures. Too, I have a cover which can be used as a lapbook cover or for clip art to decorate notebooking pages.
Remember, for this lapbook, I am using the free middle science book that I shared with you earlier as a quick science spine.The Arctic is literally the end of the world. It takes its name from the Greek word for bear, arktos, because the land is under the constellation of the Great Bear.
The Arctic region is at the top of the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Ocean is about 5.5 million square miles of water. The Arctic is really a giant sheet of sea ice that floats on top of the Arctic Ocean.
In ancient times it was called the gold of the North. Amber has been called freezing gold, a window to the past, a time capsule, captured sunshine and a golden tear. It is all of these things.
The term carnivorous plant may conjure up in your mind a scene like this one where the unsuspecting victim in a swamp is being snatched up by a flesh-eating plant. But carnivorous plants are a very interesting group of plants that aren’t near as big as they are shown in this picture.
Coral reefs swarm with brilliant colored fish, starfish, giant clams and sea slugs. They are not only beautiful to look at; but they are home to thousands of other species. Coral reefs can be large or small and are some of the oldest ecosystems on the planet.
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the “Duck Hawk” in North America, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae.
In many ways amphibians are unique with changes that are either rare or nonexistent elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Compared with other vertebrates, amphibians tend to be overlooked.
Your kids will love this honey bees unit study and lapbook.
Whether you want to learn about how honey bees are fascinating master pollinators, learn about the interesting social activities in the hive, learn about beeswax, or know what is honey, these honey bee activities and resources will be helpful
Nature study in the winter can be fun and it doesn’t have to be complicated. We decided to add to our Arctic and Inuit Unit Study by doing an Arctic ground squirrel lapbook.
The oceans cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface. Though the waters on the earth are really one world ocean, they are referred to by many names: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern.
It’s such a beautiful and bright bird during winter and because it doesn’t migrate, it’s a great bird to study really at anytime.
