Land and Water Habitats Sort for Second Grade NGSS

Teach students about plant and animal habitats with a Land and Water Habitats SORT! This sort is aligned with the Next Generation Science Stations (NGSS) for Second Grade. In this station, students will learn about plant and animal habitats by using the sort cards to determine if plants and animals live on land or in water.

What is Included in the Land and Water Habitats Sort Station

Included in the Land and Water Habitats Sort are:

• Larger table-group color sorting cards
• Smaller cut-and-paste sort for individual students
• Differentiated questions in short-answer, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice formats. Worksheets and task cards are included for some options.
• Answer key

Habitats Sort for Table Groups

There are two ways to do this sort. One way is in table groups where students collaboratively look at the images on the cards, read the brief descriptions, and then determine whether the plants and animals live on land or in water.

There are different plants and animals included in this Land and Water Habitats sort. Students will look at each sort card, read about each animal or plant, and decide if each organism lives on land or in water.

This sort has colorful images that students analyze before deciding the type of habitat where each plant or animal lives.

Cut and Paste Sort Option

The second way to do the sort is a cut-and-paste option. Students can do both options: sort color option as a whole group and the cut and paste option individually. Or you can choose to have students do only one option.

The cut-and-paste option is all in black and white and in a worksheet format. After reading the informational passage, students look at the images, read the description of the plant or animal, and then sort each organism into the correct land or water habitat.

Differentiated Responses

Like all of our science stations, differentiated responses are available for students to demonstrate their understanding. Below is an example of the Short Answer worksheet. Fill-in-the-blanks and multiple-choice task cards are also available.

How to Purchase the Habitats Science Station

This Habitats Sort Science Station can be purchased on Teachers Pay Teachers. It is sold individually and as part of a whole Sorts for Second Grade Science Stations. Also available is a Second Grade NGSS Science Station BUNDLE.