Pushes & Pulls
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
What a learner can do afterwards
- 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
The lesson
A push moves something away from you. A pull moves something toward you. Both are forces.
Try it together
Mia pushes her toy car softly. It rolls a little way. Then she pushes hard. It zooms far across the floor.
Good to know
Watch which way you push or pull. The object moves that same way.
A push or pull is a force that changes motion.
Watch it
Where it sits
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.