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Plant Checks at the Field Hockey Shelter

Use zinnia observations at a field hockey shelter to compare plant growth, check fair tests, and plan investigations of sunlight and water.

Grade 2ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to2-LS2-1

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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare plant observations to investigate the effects of sunlight and water on growth.
Students identify what to change, keep the same, and observe in fair plant tests.
Students use plant-growth evidence to explain care choices and plan a sunlight investigation.

How to use

Read the plant records together. Explain that the pictures represent the starting plants, then have students use the written observations as evidence.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

2-LS2-1

Investigate whether plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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Plant Checks at the Field Hockey Shelter

Use pictures and observations to investigate plant growth.

Four Plants to Watch

Read the test story and plant cards. Each picture stands for a plant at the start. Use the notes to learn what happened next.

Zinnias for the Team Entrance

The field hockey team wants flower pots beside its equipment shelter. Before choosing a care plan, Priya tests four young zinnia plants for 10 days. Each plant starts with four green leaves. The plants are about the same size. Their pots and amounts of soil match.

Priya sets up two tests. Test 1 compares sunlight: Plant A gets sunlight, and Plant B stays in a dark space. Both get the same measured amount of water each morning. Test 2 compares water: Plants C and D get sunlight side by side. C gets water each morning. D gets no water.

The four places have the same temperature and enough air. Priya checks the plants each day. On day 10, she counts attached leaves and records how they look. No starting leaves have fallen off. She has not measured plant height or counted flowers.

Test 1 — Plant A
Picture of a plant