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Changes at Pebble Landing

Use lakeside observations to explain how willow roots, a muskrat, and people change their surroundings to meet their needs.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-ESS2-2

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Science
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify changes that plants, animals, and people make to their surroundings.
  • Students connect observed changes to needs for water, rest, and protection from rain.

How to use

Read the investigation and questions aloud. Revisit the notes as children answer, 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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Changes at Pebble Landing

Use a class's notes to explore how living things change places.

Investigate Three Places

Listen to the class's notes. The class watched from a safe, dry deck. They did not touch the muskrat or its lodge.

Before and After

First, Imani's class recorded three places at a lake landing. Later, they checked the same places. They compared their notes.

Willow in a clear box: Roots pushed stones apart as they grew. Root tips reached damp soil.

Muskrat: Scattered reeds became a lodge as the muskrat piled them up. It rested inside, above the water.

People: Rain wet the deck. People added a roof. In later rain, they sat dry beneath it.

1.
How did the space between the stones change?
  • A. The space got smaller.
  • B. The space got bigger.
  • C. The space stayed the same.
  • D. The space filled with reeds.
2.
Plants take in water through their roots. How could the willow's change help it?
  • A. The stones could cover its leaves.
  • B. The stones could keep rain away.
  • C. Its roots could reach sunlight.
  • D. Its roots could reach water.

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