2nd Grade Plant and Animal Life Cycles worksheets

About this worksheet

A plant's life is a cycle. It begins as a seed, the seed sprouts, the young plant grows, and the grown plant makes flowers and new seeds that begin the cycle again. Putting the stages in order helps a second grader see that growth follows a pattern, and that the end of one plant is the start of the next. Different plants look different at each stage: a bean grows pods, a sunflower grows a big flower and an apple tree grows blossoms before its fruit. Animals have life cycles too: a butterfly goes from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, and a frog from egg to tadpole to froglet to frog.

This worksheet comes in two kinds. The odd-numbered sheets give three plants and the even-numbered sheets give three animals. For each one, four stages are printed in mixed order, and the child writes 1 to 4 next to them to show the order they happen. Ask your child to find the first stage, which is a seed for a plant and usually an egg for an animal, and then the last, which begins the cycle again.

What your child will learn

• Put the stages of a plant's life in order
• Tell that a seed starts a plant
• Explain that new seeds begin the cycle again

NGSS standard: 3-LS1-1