CurriculumGrade 2Science

Take Apart, Build Again

Aligned to 2-PS1-3 — Next Generation Science Standards.

What this lesson teaches

A set of small pieces can be taken apart and put back together to make something brand new.

Worked example

You can pull apart a tower made of blocks and use the same blocks to build a bridge instead.

Practice questions

  1. Build something with blocks, then take it apart and build a different thing.
  2. Draw two different objects you could make from the same set of pieces.
  3. Explain how a pile of Legos can become a car and then a house.

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En español

Desarmar y Volver a Armar

Un conjunto de piezas pequeñas se puede desarmar y volver a armar para hacer algo completamente nuevo.

Ejemplo: Puedes deshacer una torre de bloques y usar los mismos bloques para construir un puente.

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