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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 3 of 5

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.

Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: FEK.1 · the effects of pushes, pulls and other forces on objects

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    You open a drawer toward you. Push or pull?

    🗄️
    • 👐push
    • 🪢pull
    Show answer

    🪢 pull

    Hint: When something comes toward you, it's a pull.

  2. Question 2

    Which is the hardest to push?

    • 🪨a big rock
    • ⚽a ball
    • 🪶a feather
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    🪨 a big rock

    Hint: Heavy things need a really big push to move.

  3. Question 3

    You reel in a fish. Is that a push or a pull?

    🎣
    • 👐push
    • 🪢pull
    Show answer

    🪢 pull

    Hint: The fish comes toward you. That's a pull!

  4. Question 4

    How can you stop a rolling toy car?

    🚗
    • 👀look at it
    • ✋put your hand in front
    • 👏clap your hands
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    ✋ put your hand in front

    Hint: Your hand pushes on the car and makes it stop.

  5. Question 5

    Which is easier to push?

    • 🚗a toy car
    • 🚚a big truck
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    🚗 a toy car

    Hint: Light things are easy to move. Heavy things need a bigger push.

  6. Question 6

    Push or pull? Tap a picture, then its basket.

    Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull

    • 🛎️tap a bell
    • 🚗push a toy car
    • 🥕pull out a carrot
    • 🧦pull on socks
    • 🎣reel in a fish
    • ⚽kick a ball
    Show answer

    👐 push: tap a bell, push a toy car, kick a ball · 🪢 pull: pull out a carrot, pull on socks, reel in a fish

    Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves it toward you.

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