Science Notebook

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Engage your students in exciting science lessons with this interactive science journal. This science notebook is perfect for science centers in Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms and packed full of interactive science activities.

Students will learn about science topics such as magnets, senses, weather, plant science, and much more! This notebook is great for homeschoolers too.

Inside the Science Notebook You Will Find:

-My Science Journal Title Page
-My Science Notebook Title Page
-Science Notebook Contract
-Table of Contents (2 formats)
-Work Pages (2 formats): 1 full page for teacher and 2 per page for composition journal

Work Pages:
-What is a Scientist?
-Science Tools
-I Can Sort By…
-Sort by Size
-Five Senses Circle Map (one for each sense)
-How Does it Feel?
-The Tongue
-Taste Test
-Matter Always Matters
-Write Facts About…
-States of Matter Sort
-Ice Experiment
-Heat
-Light
-Light Travels
-Does Light Shine Through?
-What Makes a Shadow?
-Am I Magnetic?
-How Things Move
-Seasons
-Seasons Circle Map (one for each season)
-Weather During the Year
-Weather
-Recording Weather
-The Sun
-Body of Water
-My Rock
-My Pumpkin
-Types of Soil
-My Leaf
-Living Things
-Nonliving Things
-My Flower Experiment
-Growing a Lima Bean
-Parts of a Plant
-Life cycle of a Plant
-Life Cycle
-Protecting Our Earth
-Animal Habitats
-Animal Adaptations
-Tooth Egg Experiment
-Seasons of an Apple Tree
-Landforms
-All About My Egg
-Oviparous Sort

Materials Needed for Science Notebook:

Getting Science Notebook Ready:

First you will need to get a class set of composition notebooks and print off the science notebook inserts. You can do this two different ways: either print off all pages now and have ready and pull from when you are teaching a particular concept OR you can print on an as needed basis. Many of the pages have both color and black and white options so make sure that you are printing off only the pages that you will be using.

There is also a full page option and a half page option. The half page option fits perfectly into a composition notebook. I always used the full page for myself on the projector and had my students use the half page option. This also saves on paper, which is great!

The first week of school, I always introduce students to their science notebook. The first pages we complete are the cover page, the contract, and the table of contents. First we always start with the cover page. I let students color their cover pages and glue to a composition notebook.

Next, we always fill out our science notebook contract. Stress the importance of the contract and go through each promise with your class before having students sign their name.

Lastly, we glue in our table of contents. You will need to glue several pages into the book so that your students will be able to use throughout the school year. There are two different versions of table of contents available for you to choose from.

As you teach the various concepts included in this resource, finish the lesson with a science notebook insert. This serves as a perfect way for you to assess each student’s knowledge of the material. I find it easiest to have students complete the page first and then insert into their composition notebook. I found this a great tool to pull out a parent teacher conferences too so parents can physically see where their children are and what their school work looks like.

Here are a few pictures of some of the pages that are included: