THE PRACTICE of SCIENCEForces and Changes in Motion

Topic V SC.K.P.13.1

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Grade K Pacing Guide: Forces and Change in Motion/Practice of Science Benchmarks

• SC.K.L.13.1: Observe that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving.

• SC.K.N.1.1: Collaborate with a partner to collect information.

• SC.K.N.1.2: Make observations of the natural world and know that they are descriptors collected using the five senses.

• SC.K.N.1.3: Keep records as appropriate - such as pictorial - of investigations conducted.

• SC.K.N.1.4: Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes major features.

• SC.K.N.1.5: Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.

What can you do to make an object move?

• Give it a

or

• Give it a

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What Does a Push Do?

Let’s work on this activity together to see what happens

when we push the car. Click on the picture.

A push moves an object away from you.

Push or Pull Pantomime

Demonstrate and describe ways that objects can move after selecting a card which reads “PUSH

” or “PULL”

For example:Throwing a ball which uses a “PUSH”

or Picking up a pencil by a “PULL”

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Let’s Review!! Is it a…

Push PullOr a

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Push or pull?

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Push or pull?

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Push or pull?

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Is it a push or a pull?

Go out of Slide Show Mode and go to Normal Mode. Now drag the pictures to the correct section.

Push Pull

   

 

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Let’s read “Sheep in a Jeep ” by Nancy Shawto find out different ways to move the jeep.

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Does the force of a hard push move a toy car farther than the force of a soft push?

Click on the Pushes and Pulls online activity to play the video.

Let’s sing a song to learn how a push or a pull can make objects move in different ways.

Click here to play the video

What are some ways that the motion of an object can be changed by a push or pull?

The force of a push or a pull can make an object start moving or stop moving.

What are different ways that a push or a pull can make an

object move?

• A push or a pull can make an object start moving.

• A push or a pull can make an object stop moving.

• A push or a pull can make an object change direction.

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Questions

1. What is a push?Can you think of ways that we can show a

push?

2. What is a pull?Think of some ways to show a pull. What did

you think of?

3. Draw a picture of one way that objects can be moved in different ways by a force of a push or a pull.