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I've been pretty slack in posting pictures of many of our lapbooks, and recently I've been bombarded with questions in-real-life about them. It seemed much easier to me to just be more faithful in posting about them than trying to tote the little buggers with me when I'm out and about. Recently, Harrison started his third grade year of science by studying dinosaurs, mostly from a creation perspective, which was interesting because dinosaurs, in many ways, don't really fit into the scheme of creation science it seems, as resources for that are few and far between. If you're looking for a way to reconcile that issue, may I suggest this book...
We got it through using Sonlight Science 2, but it can be purchased separately through many different avenues. It's basically a large (64 pgs.) picture book that you could read aloud in an afternoon or two, depending on how squirmy your rug rats are. This book does a great job in explaining how dinosaurs fit into the Genesis account of creation, even once and for all settling the matter of whether or not they were on the ark! It also explains away many myths and much Hollywood hype which have turned dinosaurs into things for the horror movies, instead of the real, magnificent creatures that they really were. I learned a ton, and I think Harrison did too. While reading through this book, I had Harrison work on various activities that I found mostly here on www.homeschoolshare.com . In the end, here's how it all came together.... The cover, which was made from figures that I cut on my Cricut machine, using the paper doll cartridge.....
Harrison added the details with marker and googly eyes, and the title was made with just some scrapbooking stickers that I had on hand. The inside....
Here's a close-up of the left side....
That type of booklet is called the matchbook, and they fold up with a picture on the front. Inside he wrote the definitions. A close-up of the middle panel...
Above is a graph showing the approximate heights of various breeds, and then below is a booklet that Harrison filled out by researching (using www.enchantedlearning.com) four different dinosaurs of his choice. The right panel...
Above is a little booklet that displays the various characteristics of all reptiles, and then below is a memory game that Harrison made. We even played it one night as a family...
...and appropriately, Harrison won the first round. The rest of us were a little stupefied by all the complex names.
Then, finally, here's the back of the lapbook...
Above is a tab booklet that opens to each of the continents. Harrison stuck small pictures of dinosaurs on the maps where archaeologists found their fossils. Then below is a wheel that gives possible reasons for the dinosaurs' eventual extinction. Other resources that we explored are the following DVDs...
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The first is just a fun, computer animated look at dinosaurs. It was definitely evolutionary in nature, but after reading the book I already mentioned, that didn't scare me. I definitely want the kids to be knowledgeable about both perspectives. It's narrated by Ben Stiller, so it was pretty entertaining if you're around the age of eight. I think he says the word "poop" a lot, which is always good for a laugh around here for some reason. The second one gives a biblical perspective of creation. It wasn't as funny, but at least it's true. Now we've started on birds. Come back and few weeks to see how that one "flies"! |
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