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2nd grade · Science · Unit 7 of 7

Plants, Seeds & Pollinators

What plants need, and how animals help them.

What your child practices

Practices testing what plants need to grow, and how animals carry pollen and spread seeds.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2L.3.2.2.1; 2L.4.1.1.1 · how seeds are spread, and which plants and animals survive well in a habitat

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Plants need water and light to grow. Without water, leaves wilt.
  2. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower.
  3. Animals spread seeds, like squirrels burying acorns.

Example: A plant gets too little water. What happens to its leaves? Leaves need water to stay firm. They droop. Answer: they wilt

Plants, Seeds & Pollinators in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 7 in 2nd grade Science, after Weather Hazards & Solutions.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Pollen helps a flower make…

    • roots
    • rocks
    • sunlight
    • seeds

  2. Question 2

    Two plants: one gets water, one doesn't. Which grows better?

    • Neither grows
    • The one with water
    • They grow the same
    • The one with no water

  3. Question 3

    Why do bees visit flowers?

    • To make soil
    • To drink rain
    • To sleep
    • To get nectar

  4. Question 4

    Why do flowers have bright colors?

    • To hold water
    • To attract pollinators
    • To scare pollinators
    • To keep warm

  5. Question 5

    Which animal is a pollinator?

    • Fish
    • Worm
    • Snail
    • Butterfly

  6. Question 6

    Which seed travels by floating on water?

    • A burr
    • A coconut
    • A sunflower seed
    • An acorn

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