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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 would a very hard push do?
  3. 3. What happens when the push is harder?
2.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The soft push
  • B.The hard push
  • C.They were the same
3.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the line stays clean
  • B.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  • C.So the ball goes faster
4.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
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.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  • B.Nobody, we push any way we like
  • C.The ball decides
7.Why write down how far each push went?
  • A.To make the page full
  • B.So the ball remembers
  • C.So we can compare the pushes afterward

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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. Send the ball further than 6 steps. 3. The ball rolls further.
  2. 2.The hard push
  3. 3.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  4. 4.No, the floor should be the same for both
  5. 5.Push it more gently
  6. 6.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  7. 7.So we can compare the pushes afterward

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