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Exploring Motion and Forces

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Exploring Motion and Forces

Think about how pushes and pulls can make things move. Circle, match, draw and finish the sentences.

Ways things move

Some things roll, slide or spin. A push or a pull can make an object move.

1.Which words tell how an object can move? Circle all the answers.
  • roll
  • slide
  • sleep
  • spin
  • sit
2.What can make a toy move? Circle both answers.
  • a push
  • a pull
  • a quiet voice
  • standing still
3.Match each action to the kind of force you use.
  • Shut a drawer
  • Bring a wagon closer
  • Kick a ball away
  • Pull
  • Push
  • Push

Movement around us

Think about objects you might see at home or in the playground.

4.Draw one thing you could push to make it move.
5.Draw one thing you could pull to make it move.
6.Finish the sentence with a word from the box: push, pull, roll. I can a ball with my foot.
7.Finish the sentence with a word from the box: push, pull, roll. I can a wagon towards me.
8.Finish the sentence with a word from the box: push, pull, roll. A round ball can along the ground.
9.Name one thing at a playground that can move when someone pushes or pulls it.
10.A ball is rolling. What might happen if you give it a gentle push? What might happen if you give it a stronger push?
11.Which things could help a moving ball stop? Circle all the answers.
  • Catch it with your hands
  • Let it bump into a wall
  • Call out to it
  • Put your foot in its way
  • Let it roll onto thick grass

3 printable pages

  • Exploring Motion and Forces, page 1 of 3: Ways things move

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  • Exploring Motion and Forces, page 2 of 3: Movement around us

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  • Exploring Motion and Forces, page 3 of 3: 6. Finish the sentence with a word from the box: push, pull, roll. I can a

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