Properties of Light Sort for Fourth Grade Science Stations

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Teach students about translucent, transparent, and opaque with a SORT about the Properties of Light aligned with the Next Generation Science Stations for Fourth Grade. In this station, students sort objects by how much light is able to pass through them.

Teach students about properties of light with this science station. Includes transparent, translucent and opaque objects. This sorting center includes a reading passage to build background knowledge about nerve cells as well as differentiated questions to assess your students' comprehension.

What is Included in the Properties of Light Sort Station

Included in the Sort about the Properties of Light are:

Larger table-group color sorting cards
Smaller cut and paste sort for individual students
Differentiated questions in short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple-choice formats. Worksheet and task cards are included for some options.
Answer key

Properties of Light Sort for Table Groups

There are two ways to do this sort. One way is in table groups where students collaboratively look at the images on the cards and determine how much light passes through.

There are three different categories that students can sort each object into: translucent, transparent, and opaque. For instance, a sunflower is opaque (no light passes through), whereas a water bottle is transparent (light passes through easily).

This sort has colorful image cards that students analyze and decide whether each object is opaque, transparent, or translucent.

Cut and Paste Sort Option

The second way to do the sort is a cut and paste option. Students can do both options: sort color option as a whole group and the cut and paste option individually. Or you can choose to have students do only one option.

The cut and paste option is all in black and white and a worksheet format. After reading the informational passage, students look at the images and then sort them into the correct category: translucent, transparent, or opaque.

Differentiated Responses

Like all of our science stations, differentiated responses are available for students to demonstrate their understanding. Below is an example of the Short Answer worksheet. Fill-in-the-blanks and multiple-choice task cards are also available.