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Beam Cards in the School Kitchen

Use a school kitchen light test to sort materials that pass, partly pass, block, or reflect a beam.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1-PS4-3

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1 NGSS standard
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15 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, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use observations to sort materials by how they affect a beam of light.
Students compare light spots behind and beside tested materials.
Students choose fair tests and use evidence to explain a light-material result.

How to use

Read the kitchen observations aloud and help students study the picture cards. Ask students to point to the spot behind or beside a material as they explain their answers.

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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Beam Cards in the School Kitchen

Test what kitchen materials do to a beam of light.

The kitchen light test

Listen to the observations. A flashlight shone toward a card behind the holder. A second card stood beside the holder.

Four kitchen cards

Nora and Ellis made a light test for the school kitchen. They put one material at a time in the same holder. The flashlight, the cards, and the distances stayed in the same places.

The clear plastic cover made a bright spot on the card behind the holder. The wax-paper cover made a dim spot behind the holder. The cardboard cover made no spot behind the holder. The foil cover also made no spot behind the holder, but it made a bright spot on the card beside the holder.

Nora and Ellis wrote down what they saw for each card. They used the notes to choose covers for a pretend kitchen display.

Which material made a bright spot on the card behind the holder?