A three-page 2nd grade science worksheet on the land and water shapes that make up Earth's surface. Students label six pictures with Mountain, River, Island, Lake, Volcano, and Ocean from a numbered word bank. They then sort the same six words into Landforms (Made of Rock/Dirt) and Bodies of Water (Made of Water). The answer key shows each label and the finished sort. The sheet is tagged to NGSS 2-ESS1-1.
2-ESS2-2
“Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.”
Students label a mountain, river, island, lake, volcano and ocean, then sort the six words into Landforms and Bodies of Water columns.
Students label six pictures from the word bank: a mountain, a river, an island, a lake, a volcano, and an ocean.
Students copy the six words into two columns. Mountain, island, and volcano go under Landforms, and river, lake, and ocean go under Bodies of Water.
Unit opener
Start the Earth's surface unit here. Students need the six names before they can sort changes or read a landform model.
Picture walk
Show a photo of a real volcano and a real lake before students label. Ask what each one is made of, rock or water, to set up the second table.
Next-day warm-up
The Land or Water table takes a couple of minutes. Run it again the next morning with the word bank covered.
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