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Living Things on Our Discovery Mats

Use classroom plant tests and observations of a guinea pig and children to describe what living things need.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-LS1-1

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Single worksheet
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1 NGSS standard
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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Question types: Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use plant-test results to identify water and light as plant needs.
Students use observations to identify food, water, and air as needs of animals, including people.
Students compare needs shared by plants, animals, and people.

How to use

Read the steps, results, and questions aloud. Let children point or circle, and invite them to explain which observations helped them decide.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-LS1-1

Use observations to describe what plants and animals, including people, need to live.

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Living Things on Our Discovery Mats

Use classroom observations to plan care for living things.

Test and Notice

The class has discovery mats for watching living things. Listen to the plant tests and their results.

The Water Test

First, the class puts two matching leafy plants on a mat. They have the same soil, pots, and sunlight. Next, the teacher waters Plant A but pauses watering Plant B. Children check how the leaves look each day. After a few days, A has firm leaves. B has dry soil and drooping leaves. Then the teacher waters B. By the next morning, its leaves stand up again.

What do the results help show?