Research Worksheets for 2nd Grade

How it works

These research worksheets for 2nd grade are blank frames. The page opens on the animal form on primary lines: a drawing box, then What it looks like, Where it lives, What it eats and A fact that surprised me.

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Print the animal form

Press Print this worksheet. The same four-box form comes for a person, a place and a plant, each on primary lines or plain lines.

Questions and notes

My research question has boxes for What I want to find out, Where I will look and What I found. A KWL chart and a Facts and where I found them chart hold the notes.

Sources and the report

My sources has boxes for a book, a website and a person asked. The draw and write report page is for the finished piece.

The grade is our suggestion. The sheets on primary lines suit grades 1 and 2.
Nothing is printed in the boxes, so the frames take any topic.

Questions and answers

What goes on the animal research worksheet?

The animal's name at the top, a drawing in the large box, and notes in four boxes: What it looks like, Where it lives, What it eats and A fact that surprised me.

Is there a worksheet for listing sources?

Yes. My sources has three boxes: A book, for its title and author, A website, for the name of the site and the page, and A person I asked.

What are the columns of the KWL chart?

What I know, What I want to know and What I learned. On this sheet the three columns are open, with no rows, under a Name line and a Topic line.

Is research part of 2nd grade writing?

The grade 2 writing standards of the Common Core ask students to take part in shared research and writing projects, and to gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

All 16 worksheets

Animal, person, place and plant research 8

Animal research worksheet, plain lines A box to draw the animal at the top, then four boxes on plain lines: What it looks like, Where it lives, What it eats and A fact that surprised me.
Animal research worksheet, primary lines A box to draw the animal at the top, then four boxes on the three-line primary rule: What it looks like, Where it lives, What it eats and A fact that surprised me.
Person research worksheet, plain lines A box to draw the person at the top, then four boxes on plain lines: Who this person is, When and where they lived, What they did and A fact that surprised me.
Person research worksheet, primary lines A box to draw the person at the top, then four boxes on the three-line primary rule: Who this person is, When and where they lived, What they did and A fact that surprised me.
Place research worksheet, plain lines A box to draw the place at the top, then four boxes on plain lines: Where it is, What it looks like, What people do there and A fact that surprised me.

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Animal, person, place and plant research, continued

Place research worksheet, primary lines A box to draw the place at the top, then four boxes on the three-line primary rule: Where it is, What it looks like, What people do there and A fact that surprised me.
Plant research worksheet, plain lines A box to draw the plant at the top, then four boxes on plain lines: What it looks like, Where it grows, What it needs and A fact that surprised me.
Plant research worksheet, primary lines A box to draw the plant at the top, then four boxes on the three-line primary rule: What it looks like, Where it grows, What it needs and A fact that surprised me.

Question, sources and fact charts 6

Facts and where I found them chart A table with a wide Fact column and a narrower column headed Where I found it, ruled in rows.
My research question worksheet, plain lines Three boxes down the page on plain lines: What I want to find out, Where I will look and What I found.
My research question worksheet, primary lines Three boxes down the page on the three-line primary rule: What I want to find out, Where I will look and What I found.
My sources worksheet, plain lines Three boxes on plain lines for where the facts came from: A book, A website and A person I asked.
My sources worksheet, primary lines Three boxes on the three-line primary rule for where the facts came from: A book, A website and A person I asked.
Research KWL chart: know, want to know, learned Three open columns under a Topic line: What I know, What I want to know and What I learned.

Report pages 2

Draw and write report page, plain lines A box to draw in across the top and one box headed My report on plain lines, for the finished piece.
Draw and write report page, primary lines A box to draw in across the top and one box headed My report on the three-line primary rule, for the finished piece.

How this list was compiled: Laid out in-house on October 2, 2026. The frames are blank and print no fact. The grade 2 writing standards in the Common Core ask for shared research projects and for gathering information from provided sources to answer a question; the wording was read on October 2, 2026. Licence: own work