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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 claim does this support?
  3. 3. What does this record not tell you?
2.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
3.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
4.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The hard push
  • B.They were the same
  • C.The soft push
5.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
6.How could you tell which push sent the ball furthest?
  • A.Listen to it roll
  • B.Look at its color
  • C.Count the steps to where it stopped
7.What should you do if one roll hits a chair?
  • A.Roll it again
  • B.Stop the test
  • C.Count it anyway

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The same ball, the same line and the same floor. 2. A harder push moves the ball further. 3. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled.
  2. 2.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  3. 3.So only the push is different
  4. 4.The hard push
  5. 5.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  6. 6.Count the steps to where it stopped
  7. 7.Roll it again

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