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1st grade · Science · Unit 6 of 11

How Things Move

Fast, slow, up, down and zigzag!

What your child practices

Children describe how objects and animals move: the direction, the pathway (straight, curved, zigzag, circle) and the speed. They see that a push, a surface or a ramp changes the movement.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.7(A); 1.7(B) · how pushes and pulls start, stop or change the speed or direction of motion

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Direction tells where a thing is going.
  2. Things move in a straight line, a curve, a zigzag or a circle.
  3. Speed tells how fast a thing moves.

Example: A merry-go-round moves in a…? It goes round and round. Answer: circle

How Things Move in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 6 of 11 in 1st grade Science, after Sky & Seasons and before Parents & Babies.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    A snake slides side to side, bending as it goes. That is a…

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    • straight pathway
    • no pathway
    • curved pathway

  2. Question 2

    Why do animals move?

    • to find food or stay safe
    • to count stars
    • to read books

  3. Question 3

    A merry-go-round goes…

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    • in a circle
    • in a straight line
    • up and down only

  4. Question 4

    You push a toy car gently. How fast does it go?

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    • it jumps
    • slowly
    • very fast

  5. Question 5

    Fast or slow? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 💨 Fast · 🐢 Slow

    • 🐆cheetah
    • ✈️airplane
    • 🐛caterpillar
    • 🐢turtle
    • 🐌snail
    • 🏎️race car

  6. Question 6

    A ball rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom. Which way does it go?

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    • down
    • up
    • nowhere

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