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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. How far did the soft push send the ball?
2.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
3.How could you tell which push sent the ball furthest?
  • A.Count the steps to where it stopped
  • B.Listen to it roll
  • C.Look at its color
4.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the ball goes faster
  • B.So the line stays clean
  • C.So the steps can be counted from the same place
5.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Count it anyway
  • B.Stop the test
  • C.Roll it again
6.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
7.A child pushes very softly. What do you think will happen?
  • A.The ball will go up
  • B.The ball will roll only a short way
  • C.The ball will roll across the whole hall

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The ball rolls further. 2. The same ball, the same line and the same floor. 3. 1 step.
  2. 2.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  3. 3.Count the steps to where it stopped
  4. 4.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  5. 5.Roll it again
  6. 6.The hard push
  7. 7.The ball will roll only a short way

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