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Design a sunshade
Free printable Kindergarten science worksheet for "Design a sunshade" — practice engineering practices. No-prep, print or assign online.
Kindergarteners take on a simple engineering challenge by designing a sunshade, exploring how the choice of materials and shape affects how well a structure blocks sunlight. Teachers and parents can guide this hands-on design activity to build early engineering thinking and vocabulary around problem, design, and solution. It introduces kindergarteners to the engineering practices strand by giving them a real, relevant problem to solve with materials they can observe and test.
Learning objectives
- Identify the problem a sunshade is designed to solve
- Choose and describe materials based on their suitability for blocking sunlight
- Communicate a design idea using drawing or simple labels
How to use this worksheet
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- Print at home or in class for Kindergarten; it's no-prep, with no extra materials needed.
- Hand it out as classwork, homework, or a quick warm-up.
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