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Pushes and Pulls Exploration

Pushes and Pulls Exploration

Children playing with toys showing push and pull forces

🚗 Part 1: Understanding Pushes and Pulls

1. What is a push? Draw a picture of yourself pushing a toy.
2. What is a pull? Draw a picture of yourself pulling a toy.
3. Circle the correct answer: A force is something that can make a toy:

Start moving

Stop moving

Change direction

All of the above

🎾 Part 2: Toy Movement Observations

4. Tick all the toys that you can PUSH to make them move:

Toy car

Ball

Building blocks

Swing

Toy train

5. Tick all the toys that you can PULL to make them move:

Pull-along dog

Wagon

Rope

Toy car (with string)

Chair

🔍 Part 3: Predicting Movement

6. Fill in the blanks using the words: push, pull, faster, slower, further

When I _______ a toy car gently, it moves slowly.

When I _______ a toy car hard, it moves _______.

A strong push will make a ball go _______ than a weak push.

I can _______ a wagon to make it follow me.

7. What do you think will happen if you push a toy car on different surfaces? Match each surface with how the car will move:
1. Smooth floor
2. Carpet
3. Grass
A. Car moves slowly
B. Car moves very slowly
C. Car moves quickly

📝 Part 4: My Toy Experiment

8. Choose one toy and describe what happens when you push it and pull it:

My toy: ________________

9. Circle the correct answer: If two people push the same toy car at the same time, it will:

Move slower

Move faster

Not move at all

Move backwards

10. Draw and label three examples of pushes and pulls you use at home or school:

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

11. Today I learnt that toys move when I push or pull them by:
12. One question I still have about pushes and pulls is:
13. At home, I will look for examples of pushes and pulls when I play with:

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