Study guide: Sunlight, Shade and Caring for Places
Read shade models and choose actions that care for land and water.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- Sunlight can warm surfaces. Shade blocks some incoming sunlight. Use the supplied descriptions rather than touching hot surfaces or looking directly at the Sun.
- A roof can block light above an area. An open roof edge can still let light reach part of the ground. Draw the light path; a model is simpler than a real place.
- People use water and materials. Actions can reduce waste and protect living things. These are pretend choices; follow a trusted adult’s local instructions in real situations.
- A picture map can show where resources are located. Land and water are features, not promises that a place is safe. Do not enter water to complete this activity.
Useful vocabulary
- sunny spot
- receives direct sunlight in the drawing
- roof
- upper cover blocking the shown light
- reuse
- use an item again
- land
- the drawn ground area
Watch your reasoning
- Check what sunny spot and shaded spot each mean. They describe different clues.
- Check what roof and post each mean. They describe different clues.
- Check what reuse and save water each mean. They describe different clues.
A worked review example
Worked reference-card problem: a card states “receives direct sunlight in the drawing”; a second states “direct sunlight is blocked in the drawing.” The first fits sunny spot and the second fits shaded spot. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case. Worked reference-card problem: a card states “upper cover blocking the shown light”; a second states “support holding up the cover.” The first fits roof and the second fits post. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case. Worked reference-card problem: a card states “use an item again”; a second states “avoid using unneeded water.” The first fits reuse and the second fits save water. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case. Worked reference-card problem: a card states “the drawn ground area”; a second states “the drawn pond area.” The first fits land and the second fits water. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case.
Make a practice plan
- Use an example from Compare sun and shade records. Say what happens and point to the clue that helps explain it.
- Complete Explain a shade model and correct the specific misconception in its feedback.
- Resolve a changed case from Choose a caring action, then combine the four ideas in the transfer task.