Science Lapbooks

Ready for some fun, colorful Science Lapbooks that will let your students proudly demonstrate what they have learned?

Matchcard Science Unit Studies provide the perfect template for creative and interactive science lapbooks.

What Is A Lapbook?

A lapbook is a pop-up book that students create to demonstrate what they have learned.

We like to turn our science lapbooks sideways so the folds are vertical (in contrast to history and geography lapbooks which traditionally fold out horizontally.) Obviously, this is a matter of individual preference.

Value of Lapbooks

Lapbooks are gaining in popularity. Why?

• They provide a well-organized reminder of the main points of the content. It's a precursor to note-taking.
  
  
• Lapbooks are a two-dimensional report of three dimensional learning. Kids love hands-on projects. With lapbooks, content from experiments are field trips are captured alongside of content learned in books.
  
  
• You have a creative and artistic presentation of what they have learned. Lapbooks are motivating and fun to make, and keep the kids engaged in the learning process.
  
  
• Lapbooks provide a natural conclusion to the completion of a unit. It summarizes what they have learned and ties all the projects and materials together.
  
  

Our Lapbooks

Here are some we have already made that you can copy.

Ocean Lapbook

Ocean Lapbook Dig deep into the great seas with our oceanography unit study and lapbook.

Chemistry Lapbook

The Chemistry Lapbook Swirling atoms, mixing molecules, and colorful chemical equations will keep your chemists and artists alike asking for more.

Technology Lapbook

Our Technology Lapbook Planes, computers, bridges, electronics, and the binary number system will catch your students up-to-date on how technology changes our daily lives.

How to Make A Science Lapbook

Here is what you need to get started:

• Two cardstock file folders (plastic file folders won't work.)
• A camera to take a picture of the projects you do.
• Diagrams to represent the content. In this case, we used the MatchCards from the Technology Unit Study which you can download for free.
• Markers, colored pens, colored paper: the sky is the limit to the artistic touches you add.

MatchCard Science Lapbooks

If you are into lapbooking, you will definitely want print the free student MatchCards for at least one of the unit studies. They make a perfect template for a number of reasons:

• They have one activity for every objective.
• There are a variety of diagrams which provides the variety that makes lapbooking fun.
• A game-like review makes retaining the content easy. It's a great tool used by families who embrace hands-on learning.
• The student downloads of the MatchCards are free. No one ever argues with that. (The teacher's guide, answer key, and projects are in the paid curriculum.)
• MatchCard Science can supplement your science curriculum or stand as a complete curriculum on its own.

Adding More Information to Your Lapbook

In addition to the MatchCards, the student has plenty of room to add their own information.

Here are some of the types of information and pictures you can add to your own science lapbook:

• Photos of the students completing the projects
• Diagrams they draw of their experiments
• Color illustrations they print from the internet or from flyers to further demonstrate a concept.
• Write ups of experiments
• Bibliography of materials read