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The Snowy Trail Signal Box

Use snowy trail test notes to compare materials that pass, partly pass, block, or reflect a flashlight beam.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

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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, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students classify materials by how they affect a light beam.
Students use test results to compare materials and judge a simple design.

How to use

Read the trail notes aloud and look at the two card results together. Have students use the evidence to answer the questions and choose materials for the shelter.

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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The Snowy Trail Signal Box

Test materials to help fix a trail shelter.

Read the trail test

Read Rowan's notes about the snowy forest trail. A bright spot means more light reached the card. A dim spot means some light reached it.

Rowan's Snowy Trail Notes

1Rowan and June were fixing a small signal box beside a snowy forest trail. A flashlight shone through one sample at a time. They watched a card behind the sample and a side card. The side card could show light that bounced in a new direction.

2They kept the flashlight, sample holder, and cards in the same places. Clear plastic made a bright spot behind it and no spot on the side card. Tissue paper made a dim spot behind it and no spot on the side card. Bark made no spot on either card. Foil made no spot behind it and a bright spot on the side card.

3The team wanted a window with a soft glow inside the box and a flap that stopped the beam without sending a bright spot to the side.

Which sample made a bright spot on the card behind it?