Four sample pages to read with a grown-up. Use paper and a pencil for your answers; nothing is typed or uploaded here.
These samples show the intended approach. The full workbook is in development. These pages have not been independently reviewed or classroom-tested.
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Tuppo thinks a shadow is always the same length.
The lamp moves higher, staying on the left. Predict: will the block’s shadow become shorter or longer? Explain your idea.
With the block fixed and the light higher at the same horizontal distance, the shadow becomes shorter. The light’s angle changes. Use the diagram rather than looking at the Sun.
Tuppo put the leaves before the seed. Help him sort the story.
Number these stages from 1 to 4: seedling with leaves; dry bean seed; root emerging; shoot growing upward.
Seedling: 4; dry seed: 1; root emerging: 2; shoot growing upward: 3. This simplified sequence describes a bean. Different plants can look different as they germinate.
Tuppo wants to make a rain hat from a paper towel.
Compare a paper towel and a plastic sheet. Which absorbs water? Which would keep rain off better? Write one reason for each choice.
A paper towel absorbs water; an intact plastic sheet resists water passing through. Plastic is the better choice in this comparison. This is a paper exercise, not a suggestion to put plastic over anyone’s head.
Tuppo says the Moon has its own giant light bulb inside.
Explain Tuppo’s mistake. Draw arrows to show how light travels from the Sun to the Moon and then to our eyes.
The Moon reflects sunlight; it does not produce the visible light we see from it. Draw Sun → Moon → eyes. We see the lit part that faces us. Never look directly at the Sun.