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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 does this record not tell you?
  2. 2. What happens when the push is harder?
  3. 3. What claim does this support?
2.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Roll it again
  • B.Stop the test
  • C.Count it anyway
3.One child pushes on carpet and one on the hall floor. Is that fair?
  • A.Yes, it is fair
  • B.No, the floor should be the same for both
  • C.Yes, carpet is the same as wood
4.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Push it more gently
  • B.Push it harder
  • C.Use a lighter line
5.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
6.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
7.Why does every child push the same ball?
  • A.So only the push is different
  • B.So nobody loses it
  • C.Because it is the biggest ball

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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