Student #1

Task: At this station, you will be observing the effects of water on dots of different colors.

Materials:

• 1 filter paper with colored tabs

• 1 cup with water

• Paper towels

Directions:

1. In front of you are a small cup of water and a piece of cut filter paper.

2. Bend the tabs with colored dots upwards as shown in the diagram.

3. Next, turn the paper upside-down and place the four tabs into the small cup. Be sure the colored dots are above the water surface, but be sure that each of the tabs is touching the surface of the water.
   DO NOT LIFT THE CUP!

4. After about 1 minute, when the first color reaches the top of the tab, remove the paper and flatten it out on a paper towel.

Colored Dots 2
Answer Sheet

5. Describe what you observed about each dot.

   Black Dot

   

   Green Dot

   

   Yellow Dot

   

   Red Dot

   

6. Explain why the black dot acted the way it did.

   

Scoring

NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project
NSF Grant #MDR-9154506
Copyright, April, 1996
The State University of New York
The State Education Department
Albany, New York 12234