As we roll into our second semester of our Homeschool Sciences, we are doing a really fun Zoology Unit Study with lapbooks. The kids and I are equally excited about this one! We are planning to study one animal per week from winter through spring (approximately 17-24 weeks will mean we will learn about 17-24 different animals).
We started off by asking the kids for a list of animals they most want to learn about. This gave me a great start for planning with a list of 14 animals! We are starting our unit study with a very big craft project. We are making a large, 4 sided, 8 section display stand that features all the continents and oceans, for each kiddo. We will be making a figure out of clay for each animal we study and each of those animals will be displayed on our large display stands in or near their natural habitat locations. As a side project we will be making poker chips, cause we are fans of poker. For the display stands we took two pieces of cardboard (recycled from old boxes) that measure 15 inches wide by 30 inches long and 3 – 17 inch diameter circles. We cut slits halfway down the middle of each rectangle and inserted them together to make a X shape. We cut slits into one of the circles so that we could slide it into the middle of the X and then glued it into place. We then glued the other two circles onto the top and bottom of the X. Lastly we painted them white. Then I cut out poster board into 14 inch by 14 inch squares and the kids drew the continents on each piece (with any extra piece to either use to split Central America as its own section or to use for all the ocean creatures – all the kids choose to use it for oceans). We glued the poster board into each section and when the glue was dry we added color to each of the backgrounds. As we go through the unit study we plan to make miniature dioramas for each animal to illustrate its habitat and then add each animal in its habitat onto our display stands. You can check back on the blog posts for more updates as we go through our unit study – and you’ll find on the right hand side of the blog page a link to our Zoology posts to make them easier for you to find. We will also be using lapbooking with our unit study. One lapbook per animal will hold the information we are learning in a fun keepsake folder. I will also staple our educational video notebooking pages as well as our book list and video lists into each lapbook as we finish with them. It’s a great way to keep everything organized!
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