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Apologia Educational Ministries Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal

Expand your studies with notebooking activities, miniature books, review questions; Scripture copywork; field trip sheets; and much more! Accompanying Apologia's sold-separately Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day, students will take ownership of their learning as they fill it with notes and reminders of what they've learned through careful study.

Included:

  • Suggested Schedule
  • Fascinating Facts
  • "What do you remember?" Review Questions
  • Notebooking assignments, activities, projects, templates, and a Scientific Speculation Sheet
  • Scripture Copywork
  • Vocabulary Crosswords
  • Project Pages
  • Cut and Fold Miniature Book
  • "Dive Deeper" suggestions for experiments, hands-on activities, research, and resources
  • Field Trip Sheets
  • Final Review
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    Customer Reviews for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
    Review 1 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    more than I expected for the money!

    Date:April 29, 2013
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    Michelle
    Location:Pottstown, PA
    Age:45-54
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    I wasn't sure what to expect. I'm just starting with Apologia. But what an awesome surprise to see these when I got them. They were bigger, with more "things" inside for the activities and journaling and learning then I ever expected. I really thought they would be much simpler then they ended up being. I would definitely buy them again & recommend buying them if you use any Apologia.
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    Review 2 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    So many different activities!

    Date:February 28, 2013
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    living the life
    Location:Dallas, Tx
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    I love the fact that there is so much art to be done in here and not just all writing. My child can't wait to do work in this notebook!
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    Review 3 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Great for various ages

    Date:October 20, 2012
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    Suzqmama
    Location:St. Louis, MO
    Age:35-44
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    I have two children using these books. Both my 6th grade son and my 2nd grade daughter are enjoying these notebooking journals. They love drawing pictures; they have the flexibility to work at their individual levels in regards to how much they write about each particular subject. The minibooks in the back are fun to cut out and put together. My children love to show me their completed work.
    I love that it's all there and put together; no preparation on my part. I just give them the book and tell them what to do.
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    Review 4 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Good Book

    Date:September 17, 2012
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    mommalaura
    Age:45-54
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    We love the apologia curriculum. This one is just as good as the others. They have a fun way of showing us God's world.
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    Review 5 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Date:September 14, 2012
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    Monk643
    Age:25-34
    Gender:female
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    My kids love the Apologia series for younger children and these notebooks are a great addition to it.
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    Review 6 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Date:August 20, 2012
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    LYNN
    Location:Maine
    Age:35-44
    Gender:female
    Excellent layout with plenty of extra material in the back to enhance lapbooks, etc.
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    Review 7 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Part craft, part puzzles, part writing, all great!

    Date:February 3, 2012
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    LearningLamb100
    Location:WI
    Age:35-44
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    After narrating, this is well worth the time and effort added in a day. Definably recommended :)
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    This really helps her memorize the work from Zoology 2. The crossword puzzles are relatively easy but really makes a difference in what she remember (She remember LOTS more!). She really like to do the mini books, the copy work helps with handwriting as well as Bible verse memorizing, the 'What do you remember?' helps her with book research and composition (as well as memorizing the work), and all the other things are great too! DEFINITELY recommended, as well as the other Apologia Science journals.
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    Review 8 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal

    Date:November 30, 2011
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    Glorytohisname
    Age:35-44
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    Nicely put together journal, though a bit unorganized. Needs to have cooresponding page numbers to text and sections.
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    Review 9 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Great Notebook

    Date:November 28, 2011
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    Candice Mcclellin
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    This is a great addition to the Apologia Swimming Creatures book. While Apologia does offer some free printable on their website, this notebook far surpasses the freebies. It is also in a very sturdy spiralbound notebook, very durable.
    My daughter is already enjoying using this along with her study and I am enjoying not having to worry about printing with paper and ink and loose papers everywhere.
    I think the price of is reasonable, considering the amount of money in ink and paper it would cost to print something as big as this notebook is.
    It is a great buy!
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    Review 10 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Date:September 28, 2011
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    Janel
    Location:North East, PA
    Age:25-34
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    I love the Notebook to accompany the text. Great layout and the page are easy to follow and are super fun for my kiddos! :)
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    Review 11 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Unnecessary

    Date:September 14, 2011
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    paws
    Location:Vermont
    Age:35-44
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    it would have been easier to just use a regular notebook to track learned nuggets and vocabulary
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    Review 12 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Great resource for Apologia!

    Date:September 9, 2011
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    Dawn
    Location:Lake Worth, FL
    Age:35-44
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    I love this notebook! I am not a crafty homeschooling mom and this is a great way for the kids to notebook about what they are learning without me having to do a lot of work to put it together. I have used the cd in the past and printed the pages out myself and they filed them in a 3 ring binder, but this is even better. I love that at the end of the year they will have a bound book of what they have learned all year. Binders are cumbersome to store but this is something they will want to keep and show others.
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    Review 13 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Great product!

    Date:April 9, 2011
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    idowjwd
    Location:Columbus, Ohio
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    This looks like the best notebook of all of them! It is full of wonderful information and seems to be very inspiring. We can't wait to utilize it!
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    Review 14 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Great Addition to the Exploring Creation Series

    Date:December 17, 2010
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    Nancy Ann
    Location:California
    Age:35-44
    Gender:female
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    I must first say that this journal is not essential. If money is an issue and it would be a stretch for your homeschooling budget than do not feel like your missing something or that the Exploring Creation text will not be enough. The Exploring Creation series are a wonderful set of science books for homeschoolers even without this journal. However, the journal does make things easier. I would not recommend them for younger children. My son is a third grader and I think that is a good age to start with these. I do not think my son would have been able to use these at the K-2nd grade level. His writing and comprehension were just not developed enough. I find these journals to be helpful for those who really believe in the benefit of oral and written narrations. It makes it so much easier to just read from the text and open up this journal and have your child write in it. The journal gives interesting ways of writing so it's not the same everyday.It also helps to encourage talking about what is read. For some reason I had a very hard time with doing oral and written narrations on my own.
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    Review 15 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    LOVE IT

    Date:November 2, 2010
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    Paula Glogowski
    Location:Upper state, NY
    Age:45-54
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    This is wonderful unit study all wrapped up for you. It has lang. arts, handwriting, crosswords, crafts and of course, Science. You can cover many subjects by using this notebook journaling, reading and the doing the experiments from the text. WELL ORGANIZED.
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    Review 16 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Date:September 22, 2010
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    Donna Delp-McCartney
    This notebooking journal with lapbook elements is very well done. I was pleasantly surprised. Christian Book offered the best price! If you like notebooking, you will enjoy the ease of having so many pages at the ready. Note pages are black and white, lapbook elements are in color (yeah:)
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    Review 17 for Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal
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    Date:September 17, 2010
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    Amy Ouellette
    When we first received the journals, I was a little disappointed. Most of the pages were just empty with no direction as to how to complete (like a notebooking journal you would create on your own). But after using it for the Lesson 1, I must say I am surprised at how much it has added to the textbook. There are extra experiments, DVD suggestions, and a Scientific Speculation Sheet, which models a Lab Report, for the "big" experiments in the text. With an 8th grader in Apologia Physical Science and struggling to learn the proper way to complete a Lab Report, I am especially thankful for these forms for the younger students. With two students who are complete opposite learners (I have one that is extremely creative and the other that is "just the facts, ma'am") doing Zoology 2 together, the notebooking journals have given them something that they can complete in their own style. So far, I am happy I did not return the books, which was my initial thought. Thanks Jeannie far another great product!
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