Grade 1 · Science · Unit 3 of 7
Push & Pull
Make things move
What your child practises
Telling pushes from pulls, and seeing how a bigger push, an object's shape and its weight change how it moves.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Nunavut Science K–6 (2025), 1.P.1.1; 1.P.1.2 · forces in daily life, and the kinds of forces
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A rolling ball hits a wall. What happens?
⚽- ⏩It rolls faster
- ↩️It stops or bounces back
- 🧱It goes through the wall
↩️ It stops or bounces back
Hint: The wall pushes back on the ball and changes how it moves.
Question 2
Push or pull? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull
- 🧦pull on socks
- 🛒push a cart
- 🚗push a toy car
- 🎣reel in a fish
- 🛷pull a sled
- ⚽kick a ball
👐 push: push a cart, push a toy car, kick a ball · 🪢 pull: pull on socks, reel in a fish, pull a sled
Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves it toward you.
Question 3
Which is the hardest to push?
- ⚽a ball
- 🪶a feather
- 🪨a big rock
🪨 a big rock
Hint: Heavy things need a really big push to move.
Question 4
Which one will roll?
- 📦box
- ⚽ball
- 📕book
⚽ ball
Hint: Round things roll. Things with flat sides slide or stop.
Question 5
Which push will make the ball go farther?
⚽- 🤏a tiny push
- 💪a big push
💪 a big push
Hint: A bigger push makes things go faster and farther.
Question 6
How can you stop a rolling toy car?
🚗- ✋put your hand in front
- 👏clap your hands
- 👀look at it
✋ put your hand in front
Hint: Your hand pushes on the car and makes it stop.