What students investigate

Students learn what growth means, how a question shapes a test, and why a fair test keeps most things the same. Then they follow a water test that changes only the water and a light test that changes only the light.

They observe closely, see how a healthy stem holds up a plant, measure and record growth day by day, and use what they observed as evidence for a claim. The last cards put it together in a plan that tells what we will do and how the test is set up.

Who it is for

What Plants Need is written for Grade 2 life science and pairs perfectly with a real bean-growing project. Students can plan the class test with the same words the cards use.

It connects to Pollinators & Seeds, which follows plants through pollination and seed travel.

What students learn

10 learning ideas, one at a time. Each one is a silent animated Learn card, then Review and Mastery questions.

1. Growth means a plant changes as it gets bigger.
2. A question asks what we want to know.
3. A fair test keeps most things the same.
4. A water test changes water only.
5. Observe means look closely.
6. A light test changes the light.
7. A stem holds up a plant.
8. Measure means check how much.
9. Evidence is what we observed.
10. A plan tells what we will do.

Science words in this pack

Each word is taught on its Learn card, then used again in Review and Mastery.

• growth
• light
• water
• question
• test
• fair test
• same
• water test
• observe
• result
• light test
• shade
• stem
• leaf
• healthy growth
• measure
• record
• day
• evidence
• claim
• cause
• plan
• setup

Inside the pack

How it works in class

• Learn. 10 silent whiteboard animations, one idea per card. No audio, so it works on a classroom screen or a quiet device.
• Review. 30 practice questions with feedback. Ideas a student misses come back.
• Mastery. 30 questions to show what each student knows on their own.
• Certificate. A student who finishes can print a certificate or save it as a PDF. It shows first-try Review and Mastery results and the ideas that needed a retry.

Standards connections

These cards support parts of the following NGSS performance expectations. They do not replace hands-on investigations.

• 2-LS2-1 — core ideas

More in Science in Motion — Grade 2

• Materials Detectives: Observe, Test & Sort Look closely. Test properties. Sort what you find.
• Choosing Materials Pick the best material for a job by testing its properties.
• Build With Pieces See how a set of small pieces can be built into many new objects.
• Heating & Cooling Find out which changes from heating or cooling can be undone.
• Compare Habitats Compare the plants and animals that live in different places.
• Shaping the Land Explore hills, valleys and rivers, and how wind and water change land.
• Pollinators & Seeds See how animals move pollen and help seeds travel.
• Maps Around Us Use simple maps to show the shapes of land and water.
• Finding Water Find where water is on Earth, as solid ice or liquid water.
• The Water Cycle Follow water as it moves between sky, land, and water.

About the Science in Motion — Grade 2 series