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Pushes & Pulls

CONCEPTUAL
Science›Forces & Motion|Ages 5—6|ID: mt_B3W5EfimJw

Understand that pushes and pulls are forces that can change the speed or direction of an object's motion, and compare the effects of different strengths and directions

Mastery Evidence

  • Describe a push and a pull as types of force that make objects move, speed up, slow down, or change direction
  • Compare the effects of a gentle push versus a strong push on the same object
  • Predict the direction an object will move based on the direction of the applied force

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] explain that pushing a toy car harder makes it go faster, and pushing it sideways makes it change direction?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

K-PS2-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes only
Standard code — full text not included in this dataset.

Prerequisites1

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  • Drawing Force Diagrams soft

    Understanding pushes and pulls as forces is supported by the arrow representation of magnitude and direction

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