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What Happens Next at the Desert Brick Yard?

Use desert brick-yard observations to predict how changes made by a tree, a squirrel, and workers help meet their needs.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-ESS2-2

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students connect changes made by plants, animals, and people to their needs.
  • Students use observations to predict what may happen when surroundings change.

How to use

Read the notes and questions aloud. Return to the notes as needed, and let children dictate their final 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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What Happens Next at the Desert Brick Yard?

Use observations to predict and explain changes.

Watch the Changes

A class watched a desert brick yard from a safe path. They stayed away from the wild squirrel. Listen to their notes.

Notes from the Yard

A mesquite tree dropped leaves. They covered bare soil. After rain, soil under the leaves stayed damp longer than bare soil nearby. Roots take in water from soil.

A ground squirrel dug a hole. It rested inside during hot afternoons. Inside the hole was cooler than the ground above.

Workers built a low wall. During a sandy breeze, less blowing sand reached their faces behind the wall.

1.
The fallen leaves blow away. After the next rain, what will likely happen to the soil they covered?
  • A. It will stay damp longer.
  • B. It will dry out sooner.
  • C. It will get a new leaf cover.
  • D. It will receive more rain.
2.
Circle the two observations that together show how the tree changed the soil's covering and helped it stay damp.

Fallen leaves covered bare soil.The squirrel rested in a hole.Workers stood behind a wall.Covered soil stayed damp longer.

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