Science Observation Journal Pages with Cover

About this resource

What's inside this resource

These science observation pages will pair well with almost any science lesson you are completing in your classroom. It comes with a cover page to turn student work into a complete journal for them. Whether students are observing the life cycle of a plant or a chicken, these journal pages have them covered!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Record an observation in writing using a guided sentence starter such as 'I observe' or 'I notice.'
Describe an observation using multiple senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell).
Track how something changes over time by completing two separate dated entries.

Teaching tips

Assemble the pages into a single reusable journal built around one ongoing observation subject, such as a class plant or pet, rather than assigning each page as a standalone worksheet.
Choose the sentence-starter page that matches the day's lesson focus — 'I wonder' for launching a question, 'I notice' for a factual observation.
Model one sentence aloud using the page's own starter phrase before handing the journal to young students, since no example sentence is printed on the page.

Skills covered

Scientific observation — students record what they notice using guided sentence starters across five separate templates.
Sensory description — the four-senses page (page 7) has students describe an observation through sight, hearing, touch, and smell.
Longitudinal recording — the 'Observations Over Time' page (page 10) has students complete two dated entries to track change.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What's the difference between the 'I notice' and 'I wonder' pages?

They're offered as two separate journal pages with different sentence starters, printed together on page 9 — 'I notice' for a factual observation and 'I wonder' for an open question the observation raises.