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Package Slides at the River Landing

Use classroom package-slide tests to decide which designs slow a pushed block or turn it toward a target.

KindergartenScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned toK-PS2-2

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Science
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use observations to decide whether a design slows a pushed object.
  • Students use observations to decide whether a design turns a pushed object toward a target.

How to use

Read the passage, test notes, and questions aloud. Use hand motions to show straight, right, and left. Let students explain choices using the test notes.

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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Package Slides at the River Landing

Use test results to choose a design.

Check the Slide Tests

Listen to the test notes. Use them to answer each question.

A Model River Landing

A class builds a model river landing on a classroom table. A foam block stands for a package. Children push it along a flat slide. They test a cloth strip, a smooth plastic strip, and a curved side guide. They change one part at a time. They use the same block, starting mark, and gentle push. They watch how fast the block moves and which way it goes.

Test notes
Bare slide: The block moves fast and straight. It reaches the end.
Cloth strip on the slide: The block moves slowly and straight. It reaches the end.
Smooth plastic strip on the slide: The block moves fast and straight. It reaches the end.
Curved side guide: The block moves fast and turns right. It reaches the end.
1.
The goal is to make the block move more slowly. Which design worked?
  • A. The bare slide
  • B. The cloth strip
  • C. The smooth plastic strip
  • D. The curved side guide
2.
Did the cloth strip stop the block before the end? Circle the note that helps you decide.

The class used a foam block.The block on the cloth reached the end.The class used a starting mark.

3.
The class tests a new strip. Which plan helps them find out what the strip changes?
  • A. Use a bigger block and the new strip.
  • B. Use a harder push and the new strip.
  • C. Use a new starting mark and the new strip.
  • D. Keep the block, start, and push the same.
4.
Which question needs a new test?
  • A. What happens with a bumpy strip?
  • B. What happens with the cloth strip?
  • C. What happens with the smooth plastic strip?
  • D. What happens with the curved side guide?

Choose a Route

Keep using the test notes. Check each design against its goal.

The class puts a paper star to the right of the slide. The next goal is to turn the block toward the star.
5.
Which design turned the block toward the star?
  • A. The smooth plastic strip
  • B. The bare slide
  • C. The curved side guide
  • D. The cloth strip
6.
The star is moved to the left. The guide stays the same. Did its test show a turn toward this new spot?
  • A. Yes. The block moved fast.
  • B. No. The block turned right.
  • C. Yes. The block turned left.
  • D. No. The block went straight.
7.
Now the goal is to move slowly AND turn right. Which pair of parts is best to test together?
  • A. Two smooth plastic strips
  • B. A cloth strip and a smooth plastic strip
  • C. A smooth plastic strip and the curved guide
  • D. A cloth strip and the curved guide
8.
Did the curved guide change the block's direction? Tell what happened with and without the guide.

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