Six seed pictures and a three-column chart make up the first page of this 3-page 2nd grade sheet. Students write a dandelion seed, a maple seed with wings, a coconut, a water lily seed, a burdock burr or an acorn carried by a squirrel under WIND, WATER or ANIMALS. Page 2 asks them to design and label a seed that could travel by wind. It touches NGSS 2-LS2-2, and page 3 has the sorted chart and what to look for in the drawings.
2-LS2-2
“Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.”
Page 1 groups seeds by how wind, water or animals carry them, and page 2 has students draw a seed built to travel by wind.
Six picture cards above a chart with four dotted lines under each heading. Students write each seed name under wind, water or animals.
A single drawing box. Students draw a seed that could travel by wind and label the part that helps it fly.
Dandelion and maple under wind, coconut and water lily under water, burr and acorn under animals, and what a good drawing includes, such as wings, fluff or a parachute.
Burr on a sleeve
Press a real burr or a hook-and-loop strip against a sleeve before students sort. The burdock card then makes sense at once.
Drop test
Drop a maple seed or a paper helicopter from a chair and watch it spin. Students can add wings to their drawing on page 2.
The acorn argument
Expect arguments over the acorn, since a tree drops acorns too. Ask what the squirrel does that the tree alone does not.
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