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Shape Changes in the Park Sculpture Court

Follow a city park sculpture investigation. Compare models, track their pieces, and explain how taking them apart allows new builds.

Grade 2ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to2-PS1-3

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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
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 explain how the same small pieces can make different objects.
Students compare rebuilding plans and track the original pieces through a change.
Students plan how to take apart an object and rebuild its pieces into a new object.

How to use

Read the investigation aloud and compare the model pictures. Have students count carefully, then support their explanations with observations from the class record.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

2-PS1-3

Explain how an object made of small pieces can be taken apart and built into a new object.

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Shape Changes in the Park Sculpture Court

Follow a class investigation from loose pieces to new sculptures.

Follow the Sculpture Test

Read the class record. Each small cube in a picture is one piece.

A Sculpture That Can Change

A class visits the sculpture court in a city park. The students bring ten connecting cubes to make small models on a table. Each cube has a different letter, from A to J. Their question is: Can these pieces make a different sculpture?

Step 1: The class joins the ten cubes into a low slab. Nia draws the slab and counts its cubes. Omar records the letters.

Step 2: The students pull the slab apart at its joins. They place the loose cubes in a tray. They do not cut or bend the cubes. They keep the same set of pieces and bring in no extra cubes.

Step 3: The class joins the loose cubes into a tall column. They record its shape, count the cubes, and check their letters, sizes, and shapes.

Results: The slab and column each contain ten cubes. The column has the letters A to J. Each cube has the same size and shape as before.

Before: the low slab

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