Turn your child’s questions into scientific discoveries
Children ask questions all day long! Why do shadows change during the day? You don’t need to know every answer. Instead of simply giving your child the answer, turn their question into an opportunity to think like a scientist.
A simple printable science resource for curious kids
Free printable science resource for kids that gives children a simple framework for turning their own questions into scientific investigations.
Children can ask questions, make predictions, investigate, record what they discover and reflect on their ideas while they are building real scientific thinking.
A practical way to bring science, STEM learning, and scientific thinking into everyday life without planning a formal science lesson.
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Printable science activity
- Free Instant download
- 2 PDF pages printable document
- Print in color or in black & white
- English or French
- No specialized kit required
Age-levels
Pre-readers
Adult-led activity
Children can draw their ideas and observations
Readers
Independent play
Mom tip : Keep each investigation in a duotang or binder and watch your child build a personal collection of science discoveries to read, add to and be proud of!
What your child will do
The Edupixo Science Notebookguides children through the key steps of a scientific investigation:
Explore the question
Children capture their question, prediction and investigation plan, deciding what they want to find out and how they will explore it.
Make sense of the discovery
Children record their observations, explain what they learned, and collect new vocabulary and sources that helped them understand the question.
Younger children can draw their questions, predictions and observations. Older childrencan write, describe their findings and record the sources they used. The structure can grow with your child, making it useful across different ages and levels of independence.
What is inside the Science Discovery Notebook?
Two printable pages guide your child from a question to a discovery.
Page 1
Ask a question
Start with something your child genuinely wants to understand.
Make a prediction
What do they think will happen? They can draw their prediction, write it down, or do both.
Plan an investigation
Decide how to explore the question and what to look for.
Page 2
Record observations
Write or draw what happens during the investigation.
Explain the discovery
Compare the prediction with what was observed or read and describe what was learned.
Build science vocabulary
Record new words and ideas discovered along the way.
Record sources
Keep track of books, websites and videos used to learn more.
Why use a Science Discovery Notebook?
Children naturally want to know why and how things work.
The Notebook helps turn those questions into active science learning instead of simply giving them an answer.
Children develop:
- Curiosity : turning questions into investigations
- Observation skills : noticing and recording what happens
- Critical thinking : comparing predictions with evidence
- Problem-solving skills : deciding how to explore a question
- Communication skills : explaining what they discovered
- Science vocabulary : learning and using new terms
- Independence : taking an active role in their own learning
The goal is not to fill out another worksheet, it is to help children develop a way of thinking they can use again in different situations.
Designed for different ages and levels of independence
Growing complexity
A toddler might drawa question and an observation.
An schoolerchild might writea prediction, compare evidence, record sources and explain a conclusion.
The goal isn’t for every child to complete the same amount of writing.
The objective is to help each child think, observe and communicate at a level that makes sense for them.
Pre-readers
Adult-led activity
Children can draw their questions, predictions and observations while an adult helps record their ideas.
Readers
Independent learning
Children can read the prompts and books, write their ideas, record observations and explain what they discovered.
Start with what your child already wants to know
Science questions don’t have to come from a textbook. They can come from a walk outside, a conversation at the dinner table or something your child suddenly notices. Follow the question!
The Science Discovery Notebook gives your child a place to ask, predict, investigate, observe and explain.
What question will you explore today ?
Made for science learning at home
Use the free Science Discovery Notebook for :
- STEM learning at home
- Homeschooling
- Science exploration
- Family science projects
- Classroom investigations
- Science enrichment
- Independent learning
- Hands-on learning activities
Use it for a single question or return to the same process for different investigations over time.
You don’t need to be a science expert
This is especially useful when your child asks a question you don’t know how to answer.
You can simply say: “I’m not sure. Let’s find out!” Then start with the question.
The Notebook gives you a simple framework for what comes next.
No elaborate lesson plan, no specialized science kit.
Just print, choose a question and start exploring.