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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 would a very hard push do?
  3. 3. What was kept the same in this test?
2.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Stop the test
  • B.Roll it again
  • C.Count it anyway
3.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Push it harder
  • B.Use a lighter line
  • C.Push it more gently
4.Who decides how hard each push is in a fair test?
  • A.Nobody, we push any way we like
  • B.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  • C.The ball decides
5.A child pushes very softly. What do you think will happen?
  • A.The ball will roll across the whole hall
  • B.The ball will roll only a short way
  • C.The ball will go up
6.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
7.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

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

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  1. 1.1. The ball rolls further. 2. Send the ball further than 6 steps. 3. The same ball, the same line and the same floor.
  2. 2.Roll it again
  3. 3.Push it more gently
  4. 4.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  5. 5.The ball will roll only a short way
  6. 6.No, the floor should be the same for both
  7. 7.So the steps can be counted from the same place

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