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Changes Outside the Corner Laundry

Use picture-supported observations to explain how tree roots, ants, and people change a busy city corner to meet their needs.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-ESS2-2

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1 NGSS standard
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9 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Question types: Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use observations to identify changes made by tree roots, ants, and people.
Students explain how changes to surroundings help living things get water or shelter.

How to use

Read the observations and questions aloud. Pause at each picture to discuss what changed, then let children choose answers or dictate an explanation.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-ESS2-2

Explain how plants and animals, including people, can change their surroundings to meet their needs.

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Changes Outside the Corner Laundry

Look for changes made by plants, animals, and people.

Look Beside the Sidewalk

Listen to the observations. Use them to answer each question.

Tree and Ant Observations

Picture of a tree Outside a busy corner laundry, a tree grows in a patch of soil. Its roots take in water. First, the soil is flat. Later, thick roots spread into damp soil and push some soil up.

Picture of an ant Ants live nearby. First, there are no holes or piles. Later, ants carry soil out of holes. There are tunnels below and piles above. The ants rest in the tunnels.