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Which Changes Help at the Model Studio?
Visit a science museum model studio to explain changes made by roots, beavers, and people, then compare two roof designs.
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 NGSS standard
- Printable answer key
- 10 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- Science
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students explain how plants, animals, and people change their surroundings to meet needs.
- Students compare model roof results to choose a design that provides a dry place.
How to use
Read the observations and questions aloud. Help children compare the graph bars, then ask them to explain how a change helps a living thing.
Curriculum
NGSS standard covered
Explain how plants and animals, including people, can change their surroundings to meet their needs.
Preview
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Which Changes Help at the Model Studio?
Compare changes made by plants, animals, and people.

Changes to Explore
Listen to the museum observations. Think about what changes and how it helps.
Inside the Habitat Model Studio
Visitors at a science museum study changes outdoors. Grass roots grow into damp soil, pushing soil crumbs apart. Roots take in water.
A beaver stacks sticks across a stream. Water slows and forms a deep pond. The beaver swims through a doorway under the water to enter its home.
People build roofs on houses. At the museum, visitors test two model roofs. They want a dry place for tiny toy people.
- A. Its leaves can reach more sunlight.
- B. Its roots can take in more water.
- C. Its seeds can travel farther away.
- D. Its flowers can attract more bees.
- A. It dries the ground around the home's door.
- B. It brings sunlight to the home's doorway.
- C. It carries the home farther down the stream.
- D. It keeps a pond around the beaver's home.
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