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Desert Sand-Art Cart Challenge

Use a desert sand-art class's cart tests to choose designs that make a pushed cart move faster and turn toward a brush tray.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-PS2-2

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Single worksheet
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1 NGSS standard
Printable answer key
12 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare distances traveled in the same time to decide which cover makes a pushed cart faster.
Students use observations to decide which rail turns a pushed cart toward a target.
Students choose a test that checks both speed and direction in a combined design.

How to use

Read the stories and questions aloud. Help children read the graph and results chart, then let them choose and sketch designs using the evidence.

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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Desert Sand-Art Cart Challenge

Use test results to choose parts for a toy cart path.

Test the Path Covers

Listen to the steps. Use the graph to answer.

A Cart for Art Tools

At a desert sand-art tent, Nia's class builds a path for a toy brush cart. The goal is to move faster than on a bare mat.

1. Lay down the bare mat, a smooth cover, or a bumpy cover.
2. Use the same empty cart, starting line, and gentle push. Let go after pushing.
3. Watch for the same short time. Count the spaces the cart travels beside the path.