Changing a Place to Live In is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on how living things change the environment to meet their needs, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-ESS2-2. 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.
LessonPrint · K-ESS2-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Changing a Place to Live In
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A beaver drags branches into a stream — D (It makes a pond to live in) 2. People dig a pond in the school grounds — A (They make a place for frogs to live) 3. A mole pushes soil up into hills — C (It digs tunnels to find worms) 4. A tree root pushes up a path — B (The root spreads out to reach water)
2.1. A squirrel buries nuts in the grass — D (It stores food for later) 2. People plant a hedge around a field — C (They keep the wind off the crops) 3. A rabbit digs a burrow — A (It makes a safe place to rest) 4. A bird builds a nest in a tree — B (It makes a safe place for its eggs)
Questions about Changing a Place to Live In
What does the Changing a Place to Live In worksheet cover?
It practices how living things change the environment to meet their needs — 2 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-ESS2-2: Give evidence that living things change a place to get what they need. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each one to the reason”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Changing a Place to Live In practice?
K-ESS2-2, under Earth and Space Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Changing a Place to Live In is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-ESS2-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Changing a Place to Live In 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 Changing a Place to Live In 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 Changing a Place to Live In free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Changing a Place to Live In, 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 K-ESS2-2?
Yes — “Changing a Place to Live In” is a 45-minute Kindergarten plan for K-ESS2-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Changing a Place to Live In is the practice that follows it.
More practice for K-ESS2-2
Give evidence that living things change a place to get what they need.
Teaching this next? Changing a Place to Live In is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.