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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 9 of 10

Build & Test

Plan it, make it, test it

What your child practises

Making a plan, choosing the right materials, building a model or structure, testing it and making it better.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: B12.3, B12.5 · choosing materials and tools, and designing, building and testing models and structures

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

    A tower keeps falling over. What can you try?

    🧱
    • Make the bottom wider
    • Push it harder
    • Make it taller
    Show answer

    Make the bottom wider

    Hint: A wide base helps a tower stand up.

  2. Question 2

    Your model bridge is too short to cross the gap. What do you do?

    • Move the river
    • Make it shorter
    • Make it longer
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    Make it longer

    Hint: A test shows what to fix. Here the bridge needs to be longer.

  3. Question 3

    Which block is best for the bottom of a tower?

    • the biggest block
    • a feather
    • the smallest block
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    the biggest block

    Hint: Big, flat blocks make a good base.

  4. Question 4

    Which one is a model of a car?

    • 🚗a toy car
    • 🌳a real tree
    • ☁️a cloud
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    🚗 a toy car

    Hint: A toy car is a small copy of a real one.

  5. Question 5

    Put the steps in order. What do you do first?

    • 🔧Make it better
    • ✏️Draw a plan
    • 🔬Test it
    • 🧱Build it
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    Draw a plan → Build it → Test it → Make it better

    Hint: Plan first, build, test it, then make it better.

  6. Question 6

    You want to build a boat that floats. Which is a good material?

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    • a metal key
    • foam
    • a rock
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    foam

    Hint: Foam is light and floats on water.

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