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According to the 2013 curriculum, natural science subjects in Junior High School were developed as integrated science. Integrated science learning used themes to link subject material to the everyday life of students, so they can gain meaningful experiences. The results of the survey showed that the science textbooks material has not been integrated and has not involved student activities. This has an impact on the low competency of students. One effort to improve student competency is to develop natural science textbook use research-based integrated learning. The aim of the research was to develop natural science textbook use research-based integrated learning. The research used the Plomp model which consisted of three phase namely preliminary research, prototyping phase, and assessment phase. The research instruments were observation sheets, questionnaires, interview guide, validation sheets, tests, attitudes and skills assessment sheets. The results showed that natural science textbook use research-based integrated learning was categorized as valid, practical, and effective. Validity of textbook based on expert judgment. Practicality of textbook based on teacher and student responses. The effectiveness of textbook in improving student competency based on the competency of most students was included the good category and the increase in student competency in the domain of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of students.