Carnivorous Plants - Fun Basic Fact Sheets & Games!

Carnivorous Plants - Fun Basic Fact Sheets & Games!

2 Pages, black and white for easy printing, zero prep!

Great for fast finishers, nature units, camps, and botanical gardens.

• Why do these plants eat meat?
• Species overview
• Focus on the Yellow Trumpet Pitcher Plant
• Illustrations
• Fun and engaging layout design
• Vocab word search in a grid and an image
• Coloring areas
• Maze

Standards Alignment: This resource supports CCSS ELA standards for reading informational text, vocabulary, and comprehension, along with NGSS Life Science standards focusing on plant adaptations, structures, and survival in different environments.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS ELA, Grades 2–5)

Reading Informational Text (RI):

• RI.2.1 / RI.3.1 / RI.4.1 – Ask and answer questions about key details in text.
• RI.2.2 / RI.3.2 – Identify the main idea and supporting details.
• RI.2.4 / RI.3.4 / RI.4.4 – Determine the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary (nutrients, trap, digest).
• RI.2.7 / RI.3.7 – Use illustrations, diagrams, and text features to interpret information.
• RI.3.8 / RI.4.8 – Explain how reasons and evidence support points in a text.

Language (L):

• L.2.4 / L.3.4 / L.4.4 – Use context clues to determine meanings of new words.
• L.2.6 / L.3.6 – Acquire and use grade-appropriate academic vocabulary.

Speaking & Listening (SL):

• SL.2.2 / SL.3.2 – Recount or describe key ideas from a text read aloud or presented visually.

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Life Science – Plant Adaptations and Ecosystems

• 2-LS2-1 – Plan and conduct investigations to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
• 2-LS2-2 – Develop a model that mimics the function of an animal or plant in dispersing seeds or pollination.
• 3-LS4-3 – Construct an argument with evidence about how some organisms survive better in certain habitats.
• 3-LS4-4 – Make claims about how changes to an environment affect organisms’ survival.
• 4-LS1-1 – Construct arguments that plants have internal and external structures that support survival and growth (e.g., specialized leaves as traps).
• 5-PS3-1 – Use models to describe how plants use energy from the sun to survive (and how carnivorous plants supplement nutrients).