Are you using Apologia Science texts with your homeschooler? Would you like to have a hands-on project to accompany the book, act as a reinforcement and study tool, and as a port-folio item? Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks offer all of the interaction of our Learn ‘N Folders with the versa-tility of notebooking. Minibooks corresponding to each module of the text are included, plus your child will be able to file all other paper-based projects and laboratory reports with the module. This will result in a final product that your child can use for review, study and more. The Learn ‘N Folder concept works especially well as a portfolio item, either for your own personal use or for use in complying with your state homeschool laws. Either way, it may well become a cherished keepsake of which your child will be proud and to which he may return again and again. Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks feature:

• Portable Document Format (.pdf) format for cross-platform use. • Linked table of contents allows you to click on exactly the portion of the file that you

need to use. • Printables and instructions are grouped by module/lesson for easy use. • Full lay-out and assembly guides are contained within each module. • Color graphics are included on all minibooks, often offering the student clues about

the answers. • Unique Learn ‘N Folder Notebook format offers the interactivity of Learn ‘N Folders

with the versatility of notebooks.

Live & Learn Press has teamed up with Apologia Science to offer Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks to accompany Apologia’s elementary and most of the upper level texts. If your child thrives with hands-on interaction, our Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks may be just what you need. The finished product for each module will act as a study guide and reinforcement tool. When the textbook and Learn ‘N Folder Notebook is completed, you will have a wonderful portfolio item, as well as a treasured piece of memorabilia. Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks combine all of the interaction of our Learn ‘N Folders with the versatility of notebooking. For the Elementary Apologia titles, there will be minibooks for the main concepts, including all of the “What do you remember?” questions, as well as the other information found in the lessons. The notebooking activities that are suggested in each lesson

can easily be added to the Learn ‘N Folder Notebook, as can photos of your child doing the suggested activities. With all of our Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks, additional paper-based projects, laboratory reports, photos, illustrations, notebooking pages, and more, may be added to the module sections so that a complete overview of your child’s study will be contained in one location at the end of the year. You can find printable lab report sheets at the following websites, or you may choose to come up with your own format. Either way, filing the finished lab reports at the end of the module will help make your Learn ‘N Folder Notebook more complete.

• http://www.donnayoung.org/science/labsheets.htm, • http://www.pdc.k12.wi.us/forsythe/academics/lab%20report.pdf • http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/science_lab/ (an online form with graphics)

Supplies for completing a Learn ‘N Folder Notebook are fairly basic. For each notebook you will need copies of the foldable pages printed on regular copy paper. You may choose not to print the layout and assembly guides if you would prefer to read them from the computer screen. You will also need a binder that is at least 2” (D-ring binders seem to work best), card-stock on which to glue the minibooks, scissors, adhesive, tabbed dividers or adhesive tabs, and a gallon-sized zippered plastic bag or a large manila envelope for storage of the minibooks in progress. For a few of the minibooks you may need a brass paper fastener (brad), clear tape, or a stapler. You may choose to decorate the printed divider pages with clip art, photos from magazines or simply adhere the graphic from the module page given before the layout guide. You could also print the module page on cardstock and use adhesive tabs to separate each module.

You may use the back of the divider page to copy tables, formulae, diagrams, and other study aids that you find helpful for the topic. If you assign grades for various sections of the module, those may be recorded on the back of the divider page as well. Place any module summaries, notes, abbreviations, quizzes, tests, reports, laboratory reports, and other paper-based projects in the module section, after the foldable minibooks. That will make your child’s Learn ‘N Folder Notebook a complete study tool, as well as a record of what was done. It is suggested that you cut and fold a module worth of minibooks at a time, and store them in a gallon-sized zippered plastic bag. As your child encounters a question in the text, or as he gets to a natural stopping point, remove the corresponding minibook from the bag and add the an-swer. When all of the minibooks are completed for a module, use the lay-out guide that is in-

cluded in the Learn ‘N Folder Notebook file to adhere the minibooks to cardstock which has been three-hole punched. Be sure to punch the cardstock before gluing the minibooks on so that you’re sure the minibooks will fit properly. We always suggest a dry-layout before using any adhesive, just in case you don’t like the placement of the minibooks. You may use any ad-hesive you like, although we’d suggest one of the following: glue sticks, photo splits, tape runners, double-stick tape, and just about anything that is used for scrapbooking. Be cautious when using liquid glues as too much of it may tend to buckle the papers or cause bleed-through and ruin the look of your minibooks.

The names of the minibooks are added at the end of the assembly guide instructions in which they appear. If you have trouble with the folding, please visit our website, www.liveandlearnpress.com and click on FREEBIES. There you will find short video clips of some of the more troublesome minibooks. If the book you need is not there, please contact one of us and reference the type of book so that we can direct you to further instructions or help you in another way. If you have any suggestions for improvements, we’d love to hear about those too.

Debbie Jackson liveandlearndeb@aol.com Sharon Puryear liveandlearnsbp@aol.com

We would like to extend our deepest appreciation to Dr. Jay L. Wile of Apologia Science for his gracious assistance in this endeavor. His line of textbooks have been a daily part

of our homeschools since the year of beta-testing for Biology, and it is with great pride that we launch our Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks to accompany this line of textbooks.

Our gratitude also to Jeannie Fulbright, author of the elementary level Apologia Science textbooks.

We greatly appreciate her willingness to allow us to turn her wonderful materials into Learn ‘N Folder Notebooks.

We would also like to thank our families who have put up with us working, non-stop at times. We

appreciate your patience with us and your tenacity in making sure that we took breaks from time to time, without a science book or laptop in sight.

As always, we thank God for giving us Live & Learn.

Without Him and His blessings, none of this would have been possible.

Glue your illustration of the sun here

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page 3 & page 4

page 5

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This will help you place your minibooks in your note-book. Do a dry layout before gluing the books down, to be sure that things fit properly. Glue minibooks to the fronts and backs of the 3-hole punched cardstock pages. Minibooks are referred to by their number in the Learn ‘N Folder Notebook Assembly & Study Guide.

Following is information about where to find the answers to put into the minibooks, as well as specific directions to use to assemble the minibooks.

2:1. Sizing Up the Sun (page 12): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Fold in half along the center dotted/solid line so that the cover is to the out-side. Open and cut along the short solid line to form two flaps. Refold. Write the answers to the questions under the flaps. [question-and-answer book] 2:2. How F-A-R? (page 12): Cut the book and graphic along the solid outer lines. With the text facing up, fold the right section over along the dotted line; fold the left section over along the dotted line to reveal the blank cover. Glue the graphic to the cover. Write the numbers in the appropriate blanks of the mini-book. Be sure to add those very im-portant commas. [trifold] 2:3. How is burning a leaf…? (pages 13-14): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Answer the question completely on the inside of this mini-book. [half fold] 2:4. Define & Illustrate (page 14): Cut along the solid outer lines. With the text facing up and “revolve/rotate” to the left, make a valley fold at the first dotted line, a mountain fold at the second dotted line, and a mountain fold at the third dotted line. Open and cut along both short solid lines to form four flaps. Glue only the back of the “Define & Illustrate” section, fold in the “satellite/orbit” section and then fold down the “revolve/rotate” section. Write the definitions on the back side of each flap. Illustrations may be drawn or glued to the blank areas that are visible when both flaps are lifted. [modified centerfold]

2:5. What is the solar system? (page 15): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold the “illustrate” section down along the dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Fold the cover section over along the dotted line so that the cover is to the outside. Define “solar system” on the back side of the cover. Illustrate the solar system on the indi-cated flap. Lift the flap and list the things that are in the solar system. [three-quarters book] 2:6. Day & Night (page 15): Cut the three circles and the title along the solid outer lines. Fold each circle in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the inside. Glue the title to the back side of the “When our side of the earth faces the sun…” Glue the blank outer portion to the back side of “When our side of the earth faces away from the sun…” Glue the blank outer portion of the back side of “Which heavenly bodies have night and day?” Answer the questions on each page of the mini-book. [side-by-side shape book] 2:7. Solar Flares (page 16): Cut the book and the title graphic along the solid outer lines. With the text facing up, fold the blank bottom section up along the dotted line so that the text is to the inside. Fold the top section down along the dotted line so that the blank cover section is to the outside. Glue the title graphic to the cover section. Flip the top flap up to reveal a question and a blank flap for the answer. Flip the bottom flap down to reveal another question and another blank flap for another answer. [drop-down book] 2:8. Sunspots (page 17 & page 20): Cut the book and text boxes along the solid outer lines. Fold the book in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Glue the two small text boxes to the left page of the book and the large text box to the right page. Answer the questions on the inside of this mini-book. [half fold] 2:9. Sun Facts/The Sun: My Speech (page 18): Cut the four pages and the pocket along the solid outer lines. Stack the pages so that the cover is on top and staple along the left side to secure. Fold the pocket in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Hinge tape around the left and right sides to complete the pocket. Use the pages of the stapled book to collect your notes about the sun. Store your index cards that you will use in your speech in the pocket. [stapled book + pocket]

2:10. Mid-Lesson Activity: Use a Magnifying Glass to Focus Heat (page 19): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold each short edge along the dotted lines so that the text is to the outside. Fold the unit in half along the center dotted/solid line. Open and cut along the two short solid lines to form four flaps. Refold. Do an elementary version of a lab write-up under the flaps of this mini-book. [four door book] 2:11. How does the sun get its power? (page 20): Cut the rectangle and the I-shaped slider along the solid outer lines. Cut along the solid in-terior line on the rectangle. Lightly roll the slider and slip the end with the question number through the slit you just cut, from the front to the back. Unroll the slider and slip it behind the rectangle so that only the top section is visible. When you glue this book to the Learn ‘N Folder, glue carefully ONLY along the top and bottom sections, leaving the sides unglued to allow the slider to move. Write the answer to the question on the blank section of the slider. [hidden slider] 2:12. Light & Color (pages 20-22): Cut along the solid outer lines. With the text facing the table, fold each point in toward the center along the dotted lines. Fold the entire unit in half along the center dotted line so that the title is to the outside. Write important facts about light and color under the flaps of this mini-book. [envelope fold, in half] 2:13. Isaiah 60:19 (page 23): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Copy the indicated Bible verse on the inside of this mini-book. [half fold] 2:14. Eclipses (pages 24-25): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Fold the title section back along the dotted line so that the text is to the inside. Open and glue ONLY the back side of the title section. Cut along the three solid lines to form four flaps. Lift the flaps and define each word. [centerfold] 2:15. Bailey’s Beads (page 25): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold along the dotted lines so that the text is to the outside. Slip the large flap under the small flap to secure. Write a definition of Bailey’s Beads on the inside of this book. You can add an illustration if you have room. [matchbook]

2:16. Does the sun have a satellite? (page 14): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold in half along the center dotted line so that the text is to the outside. Answer the question, and a list, to the inside of this mini-book. [half fold] 2:17. Activity: Make a Solar Eclipse (page 26): Cut along the solid outer lines. Fold each short edge along the dotted lines so that the text is to the outside. Fold the unit in half along the center dotted/solid line. Open and cut along the two short solid lines to form four flaps. Refold. Do an elementary version of a lab write-up under the flaps of this mini-book. [four door book] ______ Additional Information:

⇒ For the first Mid-lesson Assignment on page 18, you are asked to make an illustra-tion of the sun. Make your illustration on a separate piece of paper and glue it to the frame on the divider page.

⇒ For the Assignment on page 26, you are asked to make a collage. The collage

may be made directly onto the back side of the divider page. Important facts may be written onto strips of paper and added to the collage.

⇒ For the project on page 27, take photographs to include in your Learn ‘N Folder

notebook.

Astro: 2:2

Astro 2:2

Astro: 2:1

Astro: 2:4

Astro: 2:3

Astro: 2:5

Astro: 2:6

When our side of the earth faces

the sun, that is called

When our side of the earth faces

away from the sun, that is called

Which heavenly bodies have night

and day?

Astro: 2:7

Astro: 2:8

What are sunspots? How do sunspots affect the

earth? How does the sun help us know that there was no life on earth

billions of years ago?

Astro: 2:9

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ro:

2:9

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ro:

2:10

Astro: 2:11

Astro: 2:11

Astro: 2:12

Astro: 2:13

Bailey’s B

eads

Astro: 2:14

Astro: 2:15

Astro: 2:16

Ast

ro:

2:17