Lesson 6 of 7

💫 Push & Pull

🎯 Grades K–2 ⏱ ~15 min 💚 Beginner

What You'll Learn

  • Understand that forces are pushes and pulls
  • Know that forces make things start, stop, or change direction

Forces Make Things Move!

A force is a push or a pull. Forces make things:

🔻
Start Moving
Kick a ball
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Stop Moving
Catch a ball
🔄
Change Direction
Steer a toy car
🏐
Gravity Pulls Down
Things fall down

💫 Activity: Push the Ball!

Click Push Left or Push Right to move the ball. Can you bounce it off the walls?

Push the ball and watch it move!
Quick Check

When you kick a soccer ball, you are using a:

APush force
BPull force
CNo force

Gravity is a force that always pulls things:

AUp into the sky
BDown toward the ground
CSideways
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