
2nd Grade · Science
What Do Plants Need?
Free printable 2nd Grade science worksheet: What Do Plants Need? It practices investigations (NGSS 2-LS2-1). For ages 7-8. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 2nd Grade
- Subject
- Science
- Skill
- Investigations
- Ages
- 7–8
- Standard
- 2-LS2-1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“What Do Plants Need?” is sheet 3 of 22 in our free 2nd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 7–8. It focuses on investigations, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Can It Change Back?” and before “Animal Habitats”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
2-LS2-1 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 2
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Children explore what living things need and how plants and animals depend on each other and their habitat.
More investigations worksheets
The other 2nd Grade Science sheets on investigations, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Melt and refreeze an ice cube, then toast a piece of bread, before "Can It Change Back?".
- 2
Set up the four plant cups from "What Do Plants Need?" and check them every few days.
- 3
Look for landforms in picture books or on a map after the landforms sheet.







