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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 claim does this support?
  2. 2. What does this record not tell you?
  3. 3. What happens when the push is harder?
2.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the line stays clean
  • B.So the ball goes faster
  • C.So the steps can be counted from the same place
3.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The hard push
  • B.The soft push
  • C.They were the same
4.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Stop the test
  • B.Count it anyway
  • C.Roll it again
5.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Use a lighter line
  • B.Push it more gently
  • C.Push it harder
6.Who decides how hard each push is in a fair test?
  • A.Nobody, we push any way we like
  • B.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  • C.The ball decides
7.One child pushes on carpet and one on the hall floor. Is that fair?
  • A.Yes, it is fair
  • B.Yes, carpet is the same as wood
  • C.No, the floor should be the same for both

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

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  1. 1.1. A harder push moves the ball further. 2. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled. 3. The ball rolls further.
  2. 2.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  3. 3.The hard push
  4. 4.Roll it again
  5. 5.Push it more gently
  6. 6.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  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.