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Sunny Spot, Shady Spot is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on comparing how warm surfaces get in sunlight and in shade, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-PS3-1. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Sunny Spot, Shady Spot

K-PS3-1

NameDate

Look at the chart, then answer.

1.
BlackRedYellowWhite04812162024283236
Four cloths left in the sun for an hour, in degrees. Which cloth stayed coolest?
2.
WhiteBlueBlackGreen0481216202428323640
Four cloths left in the sun for an hour, in degrees. Which cloth got hottest?
3.
Dark tray in sunWhite tray in sunTray in shade0123456789
Chocolate buttons that melted in twenty minutes, out of ten. Where did the fewest melt?
4.
Under the treeBy the wall in shadeOpen tarmacSandpit048121620242832
Four spots in the playground at noon, in degrees. Which spot was coolest?

LessonPrint · K-PS3-1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sunny Spot, Shady Spot

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.White, at 25 degrees.
  2. 2.Black, at 39 degrees.
  3. 3.Tray in shade, where only 1 melted.
  4. 4.Under the tree, at 18 degrees.

Questions about Sunny Spot, Shady Spot

What does the Sunny Spot, Shady Spot worksheet cover?

It practices comparing how warm surfaces get in sunlight and in shade — 4 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-PS3-1: Find out what sunlight does to the ground. The instruction to students is “Look at the chart, then answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which NGSS performance expectation does Sunny Spot, Shady Spot practice?

K-PS3-1, under Physical Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Sunny Spot, Shady Spot is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-PS3-1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Sunny Spot, Shady Spot come with an answer key?

Yes. All 4 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Sunny Spot, Shady Spot can I print?

25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is Sunny Spot, Shady Spot free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Sunny Spot, Shady Spot, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for K-PS3-1

Find out what sunlight does to the ground.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-PS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.