Change Direction

A push or pull can change which way something moves.

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

What children learn in Level 40

Forces can change the direction something moves. This ball is rolling right. Its speed lines show where it came from.
A big push the other way can send it back! When a ball hits a wall, the wall pushes it back the other way.
A push from the side turns it. The ball was going right; a push up sends it right and up, on a slant.
You change direction with forces all the time: steering a bike, hitting a baseball, or passing a soccer ball to a friend.

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.