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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 was kept the same in this test?
  2. 2. What would a very hard push do?
  3. 3. What does this record not tell you?
2.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Stop the test
  • B.Roll it again
  • C.Count it anyway
3.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
4.Why write down how far each push went?
  • A.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  • B.So the ball remembers
  • C.To make the page full
5.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
6.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Use a lighter line
  • B.Push it harder
  • C.Push it more gently
7.A child pushes very softly. What do you think will happen?
  • A.The ball will roll only a short way
  • B.The ball will roll across the whole hall
  • C.The ball will go up

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The same ball, the same line and the same floor. 2. Send the ball further than 6 steps. 3. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled.
  2. 2.Roll it again
  3. 3.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  4. 4.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  5. 5.Count the steps to where it stopped
  6. 6.Push it more gently
  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.