This study investigates the effect of life-based teaching using popular science journals on the success of solving life-based questions prepared by associating them with daily life. The study included 6th-grade students studying in a public secondary school in the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. Using the quasi-experimental method, the study's sample consisted of 50 students. The study obtained quantitative data by the academic achievement test consisting of life-based questions and analyzed them using the SPSS program. The study concluded that some of the activities in the textbooks were insufficient to associate science subjects with daily life, and teachers' using resources containing life-like examples such as popular science journals would contribute to academic success.