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Snowy Trail Change Detectives

Use snowy forest trail observations to explain how plants, animals, and people change their surroundings to meet needs.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-ESS2-2

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Science
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify ways plants and animals change their surroundings to meet needs.
  • Students explain how people change a place to help meet a need.
  • Students use observations to connect a change in surroundings with a living thing's need.

How to use

Read the observations aloud and let children point to the picture choices. Invite children to describe the change and need before they complete the drawing.

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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Snowy Trail Change Detectives

Notice how living things change a snowy place to meet their needs.

Look closely at the trail

Listen to the observations. Use what Noor and Eli saw to answer the questions.

A Snowy Forest Trail

On a snowy forest trail, Noor and Eli look closely. A pine tree's roots grow around a buried stone and push the soil up. A woodpecker pecks holes in a dead tree trunk and pulls out insects. A rabbit paws snow aside to reach grass. Eli moves snow off part of the trail so the children can walk. The children record what they see.

1.
What change do the pine tree's roots make?
  • A. They make holes in a tree trunk.
  • B. They push up some soil.
  • C. They move snow off the trail.
  • D. They pull insects from bark.
2.
Why does the woodpecker peck holes in the trunk?
  • A. To make a snowy path
  • B. To push a stone away
  • C. To help grass grow
  • D. To find insects for food

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