Pushes and Pulls

Name forces as pushes or pulls.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 37

A force is a push or a pull. Forces make things move.
A push moves something away from you, like kicking a ball. The arrow shows which way the push goes.
A pull moves something toward you, like opening a drawer or pulling a wagon.
Gravity is a pull, too! Earth pulls everything down. That's why a dropped ball falls.
Your turn! Sort these: push, or pull?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2P2.a — Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate how pushing and pulling on an object affects the motion of the object.