Force: Push or Pull

Science
3rd Grade
 Push or Pull?
Push Pull

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 Push or Pull?
Pull Push

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Draw an X where the ball will land.

Answers that are not

acceptable are any where
in the air, behind the girl,
or at her shins/calves.

Journal about why the

above answers are not
acceptable?
X
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Draw a T chart on your paper. One
side should be labeled pull and the
other side push.
Push Pull

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 Place each item either on the pull side or
the push side of the chart you made.

Kids on a Boy on pogo

slide stick
Girl picking
Person playing flowers
pool

Answering
Tug- of- war Person with a phone
ball

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Using the information from the chart, graph
how many were pushed and how many were
pulled.
10
9
8
Number 7
of
Objects 6
5
4
3
2
1
Push Pull
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 Does you graph look like this?

10
9
8
Number 7
of
Objects 6
5
4
3
2
1
Push Pull
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 Teacher Page
• Content: Science
• Grade Level: 3rd
• Creator: Erin Stork
• Content Standard: Physical Science, force and
motion
• Print out slide seven for your kids to do
their graphing on. (Make sure to tell it to
only print slide 7.)
• The correct answers will appear after you
click, giving the kids a chance to respond.

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