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Living Things Beside the Shot-Put Field

Compare plant and animal variety in two habitats beside a sports field using observation lists, a graph, and evidence-based predictions.

Grade 2ScienceInteractive · Printable

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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 the variety of plants and animals recorded in two habitats.
Students distinguish the number of living things from the number of different kinds.
Students use habitat records to support comparisons and predictions.

How to use

Read the observation lists together and explain that each bar counts kinds, not individual living things. Have students use both displays to support their answers.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

2-LS4-1

Compare the variety of plants and animals living in different habitats.

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Living Things Beside the Shot-Put Field

Use observation lists and a graph to compare two habitats.

Two Habitats Near One Field

Read the observation record. Use the lists and graph to compare the habitats.

The Class Observation Record

An adult took a class to look outside the fence of a shot-put field, where athletes throw a heavy ball. No sports were being played. The class studied two habitats, or places where living things live. One was a dry grass patch. The other was a damp ditch with shallow water.

The class visited twice in late summer. On each visit, students watched the same-sized area in each habitat for eight minutes. They stayed on the path and left plants and animals where they found them. They recorded each named kind once, even if they saw many of that kind.

Dry patch plants: grass, goldenrod, milkweed, clover, dandelions. Dry patch animals: grasshoppers, beetles.

Ditch plants: grass, cattails, rushes. Ditch animals: frogs, dragonflies, snails, beetles.

The class recorded the same kinds on both visits. The lists describe what students saw during those visits. Other kinds might live there without being noticed.