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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 hard push send the ball?
  2. 2. What would a very hard push do?
  3. 3. What happens when the push is harder?
2.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
3.Who decides how hard each push is in a fair test?
  • A.The ball decides
  • B.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  • C.Nobody, we push any way we like
4.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Roll it again
  • B.Count it anyway
  • C.Stop the test
5.Why does every child push the same ball?
  • A.So nobody loses it
  • B.Because it is the biggest ball
  • C.So only the push is different
6.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.They were the same
  • B.The hard push
  • C.The soft push
7.How could you tell which push sent the ball furthest?
  • A.Look at its color
  • B.Count the steps to where it stopped
  • C.Listen to it roll

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

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  1. 1.1. 6 steps. 2. Send the ball further than 6 steps. 3. The ball rolls further.
  2. 2.Push it more gently
  3. 3.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  4. 4.Roll it again
  5. 5.So only the push is different
  6. 6.The hard push
  7. 7.Count the steps to where it stopped

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