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Warmth at the Snowy Trail Lookout

Compare sunny and shaded rock and water observations at a snowy forest trail lookout.

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare observations of rocks and water in sunlight and shade.
Students use observations to predict how sunlight warms Earth's surface.
Students describe evidence that sunlight warmed a surface.

How to use

Read the lookout notes aloud. Have children point to the evidence, circle or sort answers, and tell an adult their ideas.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-PS3-1

Observe how sunlight warms Earth's surface, such as sand, soil, rocks and water.

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Warmth at the Snowy Trail Lookout

Use trail observations to see how sunlight warms Earth's surface.

Read the lookout notes

Listen to the notes. Use what happened at each spot to answer the questions.

Two Trail Spots

At a snowy forest trail lookout, Inez and Caleb watched two spots. An adult placed a matching rock and a small cup of water at each spot. At Open Clearing, sunlight reached both. At Fir Tunnel, branches made shade. All four samples felt cool at the start. After 10 minutes, the clearing rock and water felt warm. The tunnel rock and water still felt cool.

Which spot had sunlight on the samples?

A. Fir Tunnel
B. Open Clearing
C. Both spots
D. Neither spot

Circle the TWO notes that show warming.

The clearing rock changed from cool to warm.The tunnel rock stayed cool.The clearing water changed from cool to warm.All four samples felt cool at the start.

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