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How Far the Ball Rolled is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on using a push test to compare the effect of soft and hard pushes, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-PS2-1. It prints 7 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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How Far the Ball Rolled

K-PS2-1

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

How Far the Ball Rolled

Our push test. Each child pushed the same ball from the same line. HOW FAR THE BALL ROLLED Soft push ......... 1 step Medium push ....... 3 steps Hard push ......... 6 steps Same ball, same line, same floor.

  1. 1. What happens when the push is harder?
  2. 2. What was kept the same in this test?
  3. 3. What does this record not tell you?
2.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Push it harder
  • B.Push it more gently
  • C.Use a lighter line
3.Who decides how hard each push is in a fair test?
  • A.The ball decides
  • B.Nobody, we push any way we like
  • C.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
4.Why write down how far each push went?
  • A.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  • B.To make the page full
  • C.So the ball remembers
5.One child pushes on carpet and one on the hall floor. Is that fair?
  • A.No, the floor should be the same for both
  • B.Yes, carpet is the same as wood
  • C.Yes, it is fair
6.How could you tell which push sent the ball furthest?
  • A.Listen to it roll
  • B.Look at its color
  • C.Count the steps to where it stopped
7.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the ball goes faster
  • B.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  • C.So the line stays clean

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

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  1. 1.1. The ball rolls further. 2. The same ball, the same line and the same floor. 3. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled.
  2. 2.Push it more gently
  3. 3.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  4. 4.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  5. 5.No, the floor should be the same for both
  6. 6.Count the steps to where it stopped
  7. 7.So the steps can be counted from the same place

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-PS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.