Zoology by Biome Student Notebook 5th–6th

One notebook per student. That's the rule - and this is the one for 5th–6th.

This is the write-in Student Notebook for Zoology by Biome (5th–6th) - a science notebook for 5th and 6th grade that your student fills in all year. The teacher teaches from the Teacher Manual; the student does the work right here - deeper note-taking with diagrams, fuller written responses, and the quizzes and tests that make the year real. All organized by where the animals live.

What's inside

• 24 lessons across 4 biomes - the same shared lesson plan as every other Zoology by Biome notebook
• Deeper note-taking pages with diagrams - students record what they learn in their own words
• 10–15 minute homework assignments with each lesson
• Unit quizzes and two semester tests (answer keys in the Teacher Manual)
• A science project with a rubric between Unit 2 and Unit 3
• Optional Bible verse pages per unit (bubble letters to color or trace) - you choose how to use these

The year at a glance (4 units)

Unit 1 - Mountains & Forests: bears & foxes, pit vipers & frogs, salmon & beetles, owls, vultures & hummingbirds - then Kodiak Island, Alaska

Unit 2 - Deserts & Grasslands: cats & marsupials, turtles, crocodilians & toads, spiders, scorpions & lungfish, large flightless birds - then Patagonia, Argentina

Unit 3 - Tundra: caribou & musk ox, lizards & salamanders, sharks & plankton, penguins & puffins - then the Nordic Arctic

Unit 4 - Rainforests & Coasts: bats & primates, caecilians, boas & pythons, piranhas, butterflies & moths, parrots & herons - then the Congo rainforest, Africa

How it works

Paired with the 3rd–6th Teacher Manual, each lesson takes part of a 1–1.5 hour week, spread over 1–2 days a week - at home, in a co-op, or in a hybrid classroom. 3rd–4th graders follow the same lessons with lighter notebook work in the 3rd–4th notebook - so mixed-age rooms and multi-age homes stay on one path.

What you need

Basic supplies - pencils, crayons or colored pencils, scissors, glue sticks, and erasers - plus unit materials from the grocery store, Walmart, or Dollar Tree. The Teacher Manual lists everything per lesson and per unit.

Who it's for

• Homeschool families with 5th or 6th graders (ages 10–12)
• Co-op and hybrid classrooms - one shared lesson plan, each student writes in their own notebook
• Multi-age homes - 3rd–4th graders follow the same lessons with lighter work in the 3rd–4th Student Notebook

Print format

Print-only, spiral-bound, and shipped to you. The Student Notebook is consumable - one per student. Buying the whole set? Get the 3rd–6th Book Bundle and save.

Leave an imprint

One write-in book per student, a year of animals by where they live - and every page they fill is an imprint. The book is theirs to keep.