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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. How far did the hard push send the ball?
  3. 3. How far did the soft push send the ball?
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.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Push it more gently
  • B.Use a lighter line
  • C.Push it harder
4.Why does every push start from the same line?
  • A.So the line stays clean
  • B.So the ball goes faster
  • C.So the steps can be counted from the same place
5.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The soft push
  • B.The hard push
  • C.They were the same
6.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
7.Why does every child push the same ball?
  • A.So only the push is different
  • B.Because it is the biggest ball
  • C.So nobody loses it

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The ball rolls further. 2. 6 steps. 3. 1 step.
  2. 2.We agree soft, medium and hard before we start
  3. 3.Push it more gently
  4. 4.So the steps can be counted from the same place
  5. 5.The hard push
  6. 6.The ball will roll only a short way
  7. 7.So only the push is different

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