How a Seed Gets a Lift is a free printable Grade 2 science worksheet on modeling how animals and wind move seeds and pollen, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 2-LS2-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
D.Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere
LessonPrint · 2-LS2-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How a Seed Gets a Lift
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A dandelion seed with a parachute — B (Floats on the wind to new ground) 2. A sycamore seed with a wing — A (Spins away from the tree on the wind) 3. A coconut with a light husk — D (Floats on water to another shore) 4. A bee moving between two flowers — C (Carries pollen from one flower to the next)
2.1. A burdock burr with tiny hooks — B (Catches on fur and is carried away) 2. A berry with a hard pip inside — D (Is eaten by a bird and the pip is dropped elsewhere) 3. A squirrel burying acorns — C (Leaves some buried acorns to grow into trees) 4. A pea pod that dries and splits — A (Flicks its seeds away from the plant)
Questions about How a Seed Gets a Lift
What does the How a Seed Gets a Lift worksheet cover?
It practices modeling how animals and wind move seeds and pollen — 2 questions for Grade 2, all on NGSS 2-LS2-2: Model how an animal spreads seeds or moves pollen. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each seed to how it travels”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does How a Seed Gets a Lift practice?
2-LS2-2, under Life Science for Grade 2. The published performance expectation reads: “Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
How a Seed Gets a Lift is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2-LS2-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does How a Seed Gets a Lift come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of How a Seed Gets a Lift can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is How a Seed Gets a Lift free to print and photocopy?
Yes. How a Seed Gets a Lift, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach 2-LS2-2?
Yes — “How a Seed Gets a Lift” is a 50-minute Grade 2 plan for 2-LS2-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. How a Seed Gets a Lift is the practice that follows it.
More practice for 2-LS2-2
Model how an animal spreads seeds or moves pollen.
Teaching this next? How a Seed Gets a Lift is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.