Second Grade Earth Science Interactive Notebook for NGSS Standards

Help students explore second grade Earth Science concepts in a hands-on way with this Second Grade Earth Science Interactive Notebook. Through cutting, sorting, matching, gluing, and writing, students interact with key NGSS Earth Science standards while building vocabulary, organizing ideas, and showing what they understand.

This interactive notebook is designed to support lessons on Earth’s changes, wind and water, landforms and maps, and where water is found. It can be used alongside your existing science texts, videos, investigations, and lessons, or paired with related Processes that Shape the Earth resources.

What’s Included

This Earth Science interactive notebook includes vocabulary and concept activities for:

• ESS1.C: How the Earth Changes
• ESS2.A: Wind and Water Change the Land
• ESS2.B: Physical Maps
• ESS2.C: Where Is Water

Students complete interactive activities that may include:

• Cutting and sorting
• Matching vocabulary and concepts
• Gluing notebook pieces
• Writing about science ideas
• Organizing key Earth Science information
• Reviewing NGSS-aligned vocabulary and concepts

Skills Covered

This resource helps students practice and understand:

• Earth Science vocabulary
• How Earth changes over time
• Wind and water effects on land
• Erosion and land changes
• Physical map features
• Landforms and bodies of water
• Where water is found on Earth
• Sorting and classifying science information
• Matching concepts and definitions
• Writing about science ideas
• Using an interactive notebook as a learning tool

Ways to Use This Resource

Use this second grade Earth Science interactive notebook for:

• NGSS Earth Science lessons
• Science notebooks
• Whole-group instruction
• Small group science activities
• Science centers
• Review and reinforcement
• Vocabulary practice
• Hands-on concept practice
• End-of-unit review
• Cross-curricular science writing

The notebook format gives students a place to collect and revisit important Earth Science concepts throughout the unit.

Why Teachers Love It

Teachers love this resource because it gives students an active way to engage with Earth Science content. Instead of only reading or listening, students sort, match, glue, and write to build understanding.

The activities are flexible enough to use with your own curriculum, science texts, videos, and classroom discussions. This interactive notebook can stand alone or complement a broader unit on processes that shape the Earth.

Standards Connection

This resource supports second grade NGSS Earth Science standards, including concepts related to:

• Earth events and how Earth changes
• Wind and water changing the land
• Physical maps and landforms
• Where water is located on Earth

Related Resource Note

This interactive notebook complements the Processes that Shape the Earth resource, but it can also be used independently with other science texts, videos, lessons, and materials.

This Second Grade Earth Science Interactive Notebook is a hands-on NGSS-aligned resource for teaching how Earth changes, how wind and water shape the land, physical maps, and where water is found on Earth. With cut-and-paste activities, sorting, matching, vocabulary practice, and writing tasks, this printable science notebook resource is perfect for second grade Earth Science lessons, science centers, interactive notebooks, and NGSS review.