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Pizza Counter Plate Helpers

Compare toy plate designs at a neighborhood pizza counter. Use test results to judge changes in speed and direction.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-PS2-2

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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: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use observations to judge whether a guide turns a pushed plate toward a target.
Students compare distances traveled in the same time to judge whether a design makes a plate move faster.
Students choose designs that meet both speed and direction goals.

How to use

Read the stories and questions aloud. Help children read the graph and test records, then ask them to judge designs using the results.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-PS2-2

Decide whether a design, such as a ramp, changes an object's speed or direction as intended with a push or a pull.

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Pizza Counter Plate Helpers

Use test results to choose designs that work.

Try the Guides

Listen to the story. Use the test record to answer.

A Pretend Pickup Counter

A busy neighborhood pizza shop has a pretend counter for children. They push an empty toy plate toward pickup spots. A star spot and a circle spot sit on opposite sides of its straight path. The children try three cardboard guides. They change the guide but keep the plate, start, and gentle push the same. They watch where the plate goes.

Guide test record
Guide A: The plate turns toward the circle.
Guide B: The plate goes straight between the spots.
Guide C: The plate turns toward the star.

Circle both results that show a change in direction.

Guide A turns the plate toward the circle.Guide B sends the plate straight ahead.Guide C turns the plate toward the star.

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