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Light Tests at the Cake-Decorating Table

Use kitchen light-test observations and picture cards to compare materials that let light through, block it, or reflect it.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1-PS4-3

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Science
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students compare observations of materials placed in a flashlight beam.
  • Students predict which materials let light through, let some through, block it, or reflect it.
  • Students support material choices with observations from a light test.

How to use

Read the directions and notes aloud. Help students locate the two picture cards before answering. If repeating the test, an adult sets up the materials and keeps the flashlight beam away from eyes.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-PS4-3

Test what happens when materials that let light through, let some through, block it or reflect it are put in a light beam.

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Light Tests at the Cake-Decorating Table

Use picture cards and test notes to follow a beam of light.

Look at the Test

Listen to the test notes. The pictures help you tell the two cards apart.

A Kitchen Light Test

At a kitchen cake-decorating table, Imani tests covers for a small light. An adult points a flashlight at a white card with a cake picture. A white card with a cup picture sits to the side. Without a cover, the cake card has a bright patch. The cup card has no patch.

The adult puts one cover at a time in a tilted holder. Each cover fills the beam. The flashlight, holder, and cards stay in place. Imani changes the cover and checks both cards for light patches. The adult keeps the beam away from eyes.

Picture of a cake Cake card: behind the cover.
Picture of a cup Cup card: to the side of the cover.
Imani's test notes
Picture of a bag Clear plastic bag, held flat: bright patch on the cake card; no patch on the cup card.
Wax paper: dim, fuzzy patch on the cake card; no patch on the cup card.
Picture of a plate Thick paper plate: no patch on the cake card; no patch on the cup card.
Smooth foil on a flat card, shiny side toward the light: no patch on the cake card; bright patch on the cup card.

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