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Shade for the Camp Compass Spot

Children use a camping-trip investigation to design, build, and test a structure that keeps a model compass spot from warming as much.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-PS3-2

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Single worksheet
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1 NGSS standard
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10 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Question types: Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use observations to choose a roof that blocks sunlight from a model compass spot.
Students design and build a simple shade structure over a paper square.
Students compare warming at shaded and unshaded spots to evaluate their structure.

How to use

Read aloud. Provide matching paper squares, blocks, large precut cards, and tape. Help children build and test outdoors. An adult measures surface temperatures; children do not touch warm surfaces.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-PS3-2

Design and build a simple structure, such as a shade, that keeps an area from getting as warm in the sun.

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Shade for the Camp Compass Spot

Plan, build, and test a shady place for a compass.

A Spot at Camp

Listen to the camping story. Use the observations to choose answers.

Zuri's Roof Test

On a camping trip, Zuri sets a compass on a paper square. She wants the spot to warm less in sunlight. She tests two matching squares. Both start equally warm and sit in sunlight for eight minutes. One has a wide roof with gaps. Sunlight makes stripes underneath. One has a wide roof without gaps. Its square stays shaded. An adult measures a lower temperature under the roof without gaps.

What should Zuri's structure help do?