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Playground Pretend Car Wash

Use playground toy-car tests to predict which designs will slow a car and turn it toward a pretend car wash.

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: Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use test results to decide whether a design slows a pushed toy car.
Students predict whether a guide will turn a toy car toward a goal.
Students explain design choices using observations of speed and direction.

How to use

Read the passages and questions aloud. Help children compare the results, then have them predict a design to try. Any optional reenactment should use a small toy car on dry, flat ground.

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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Playground Pretend Car Wash

Use test results to predict how a toy car will move.

A Slower Trip

Listen to the test results. Choose an answer for each question.

Test the Path

Children build a pretend car wash on dry, flat playground ground. They want a pushed toy car to reach its door more slowly. They test bare ground, smooth plastic, and thin cloth. The car, start, finish, and gentle push stay the same. A teacher counts steady beats during each trip. The car reaches the door in 2 beats on bare ground, 2 beats on plastic, and 4 beats on cloth.

Which path worked best for making the car reach the door more slowly?