Kindergarten · Science · Unit 5 of 10
Natural & Built Places
Nature, buildings and patterns
What your child practises
Telling natural places from built ones, noticing what happens in nature (rain, melting, falling leaves) and spotting patterns such as stripes, spots and bricks.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B13.1, B13.3 · describing natural occurrences and comparing patterns in natural and built environments
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A spider's web has a pattern. What is it made of?
🕸️- lines and circles
- bricks
- windows
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lines and circles
Hint: A web has lines from the middle and circles around them.
Question 2
What happens to snow when it gets warm?
☃️- It barks
- It turns green
- It melts
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It melts
Hint: Warm air melts snow into water.
Question 3
What do we call the plants and animals in a forest?
🌲- buildings
- living things
- tools
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living things
Hint: Plants and animals are living things.
Question 4
Which one was built by people?
- 🏞️a river
- 🌉a bridge
- ⛰️a mountain
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🌉 a bridge
Hint: People make buildings, bridges and roads.
Question 5
What do many leaves do in the fall?
🍁- Turn into birds
- Change colour and fall
- Grow bigger
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Change colour and fall
Hint: In the fall, many leaves turn red, orange and yellow, and then fall.
Question 6
Which one is a built place?
- 🪷a pond
- 🌲a forest
- 📚a library
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📚 a library
Hint: A library is a building people made.