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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 5 of 8

Sun & Shade

The sun warms things up. Shade keeps them cool.

What your child practices

Practices noticing that sunlight warms the ground, water, sand and objects, and choosing ways to make shade to keep a place cooler.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: K-PS3-1; K-PS3-2 · sunlight warms Earth's surface, and shade can reduce that warming

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sunlight warms the ground, water and sand.
  2. Shade blocks the sun and keeps things cooler.
  3. Hats, umbrellas and trees make shade.

Example: A rock sits in the sun all day. Does it get warmer or cooler? The sun warms things it shines on. Answer: warmer

Sun & Shade in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 5 of 8 in Kindergarten Science, after Care for Our Earth and before Stormy Weather.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What warms the ground in the daytime?

    • The moon
    • The stars
    • The wind
    • The sun

  2. Question 2

    You test two cups of water. One is in the sun. It is…

    • colder
    • empty
    • frozen
    • warmer

  3. Question 3

    Which part of a playground gets hottest?

    • A metal slide in the sun
    • Grass in the shade
    • Sand under a roof
    • A bench under a tree

  4. Question 4

    Which puddle dries up first?

    • One in the sun
    • One in a dark garage
    • One in the shade
    • One under a porch

  5. Question 5

    Is a sidewalk warmer in the morning or the afternoon?

    • At midnight
    • Before sunrise
    • The early morning
    • The afternoon

  6. Question 6

    Two towels are in the sun. Which warms faster?

    • The dark towel
    • The towel in a bag
    • The white towel
    • They never warm

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