Time for Toys

A Kindergarten WebQuestScience

Introduction

• Tony the toy shop owner needs your help! Someone came into his shop last night and messed the entire store! Now none of the toys are where they are supposed to be. Will you help him get his shop back in order?

Task

• Tony likes his shelves neat and tidy.• He also likes to have the same kind of toys on

each shelf. • Sort through Tony’s toys on this website:– http://

www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/toys.html

Process

• Find the toys that fit into these categories for each shelf. Find 3 toys for each shelf. Draw the toys you find for each shelf on a piece of paper. Label the shelves by their numbers.

– Shelf 1: Toys that are round

• Shelf 2: Toys that are the color red

• Shelf 3: Soft toys

• Shelf 4: Toys that make a musical sound

• Shelf 5: Toys that move

• Now, think about the toys you chose that move and answer these questions:– Do any of the toys you chose have wheels?– Can any of the toys you chose fly?

A Challenge!

• Tony is so grateful for all of your help! • Before you go, he has a challenge for you to solve:

– Click on this website and answer the following questions:http://www.softpicks.net/screenshots/SoupToys.jpg– What do the globe, the soccer ball, the basketball, and the

pin wheel have in common?– Which toy out of the following does not belong:

• Red truck• Basketball net• Teddy bear• Magnet

Record your answers on your worksheet

Evaluate• Student can identify color• Student can identify texture• Student demonstrates an

understanding of shape• Student demonstrates an

awareness of objects that have the ability to move

• Student is able to pick out an item from a group by its attribute

• Student recognizes that objects can be grouped according to their physical attributes

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