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Science Journal Cover Page 📒
Make your Season 1 science journal completely your own — fill in your name, your favorite experiment, and decorate the border before putting it on the front of your binder!
Quick Info 📋
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File Type
PDF!
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Pages
📄 1 page
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Time
⏱️ 20 min!
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Kid-Safe
Yes!
See What's Inside 👀
Preview pages
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Your Name Goes Here! — big blank line at the top for your scientist name!
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Decorate the Border! — blank border all around to draw and color!
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My Favorite Experiment! — a fill-in badge at the bottom!
What's Included 📦
Everything you need
✓ Personalized name line at the top!
✓ Blank decorative border to draw in!
✓ Season 1 science topics listed!
✓ Freddy and Fix illustrated on the cover!
✓ My Favorite Experiment badge to fill in!
How to Use 🎯
Different ways to enjoy
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At Home!
Print at the start of Season 1 and use as the cover of a science binder where you keep all your printables and observation sheets!
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In Class!
Perfect for the first day of a Little Lab Challenges unit — students decorate their own journal cover as an orientation activity!
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Art Time!
Fill in the name and favorite experiment lines first, then spend time decorating the border with science drawings — atoms, rockets, slime, and rainbows!
What Kids Will Learn 📚
Science + Art
Skills We're Building! 💪
🌟 Sense of Ownership Over Learning!
🌟 Fine Motor Skills (decorating and writing)!
🌟 Reflecting on the Season!
🌟 Creative Self-Expression!
🌟 Science Identity!
What You Need🎒
Just a few things
→ A Printer! 🖨️
→ Crayons, Markers, or Colored Pencils! 🖍️
→ A Binder or Folder to put it on! 📁
→ Stickers (optional)! ⭐
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Tips and ideas
👨👩👧 Parent Tips!
Print this on the very first day of Season 1 and slip it into a binder that will hold all the printables as you go through the season together. At the end of Season 1, the filled-in binder becomes a real artifact of everything your child explored — a tangible record of a whole season of science learning.
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🏫 Teacher Guide!
Use as a first-day orientation activity for a Little Lab Challenges classroom unit. Having students decorate their own journal cover creates immediate ownership and investment in the season ahead. It also functions as an early fine motor and creative expression activity with zero curriculum load.