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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. How far did the soft push send the ball?
  2. 2. What does this record not tell you?
  3. 3. What claim does this support?
2.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  • B.So the ball goes faster
  • C.So the line stays clean
3.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Roll it again
  • B.Count it anyway
  • C.Stop the test
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.Who decides how hard each push is in a fair test?
  • A.Nobody, we push any way we like
  • B.The ball decides
  • C.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
6.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The soft push
  • B.They were the same
  • C.The hard push
7.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

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 1 step. 2. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled. 3. A harder push moves the ball further.
  2. 2.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  3. 3.Roll it again
  4. 4.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  5. 5.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  6. 6.The hard push
  7. 7.No, the floor should be the same for both

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