Level 1 · Science S1.5
Pushes and pulls
A push or a pull can make things start, stop, turn or change shape.
Planned. This book is not written yet. Below is its plan, which a teacher can already use.
You are ready for this book if
You can roll a ball and stop it with your hand.
- One step up S2.5 Forces: friction, falling and floating
- This book S1.5 Pushes and pulls
The plan
- S1.5.1 Push or pull
- Show a push and a pull with your hands
- Sort everyday actions into pushes and pulls
- S1.5.2 Starting and stopping
- Show that a push can start a ball moving
- Show how a push or a pull can stop a moving thing
- S1.5.3 Faster, slower and turning
- Show that a bigger push makes a ball go faster
- Make a rolling ball change direction with a push
- S1.5.4 Changing shape
- Squash, stretch and twist clay or cloth
- Say which push or pull changed each shape
- S1.5.5 Rough and smooth ground
- Roll a ball on sand, grass and a smooth floor
- Tell on which ground the ball rolls furthest
- S1.5.6 Things fall down
- Show that things fall down when we let go
- Compare a falling stone with a falling flat sheet of paper
For parents and teachers
Level 1 fits learners who can already: listen to a story. count a few things. In many schools that is about 5 to 7, but start wherever the learner is.
Strand: Forces and motion. Written and drawn by attnom. Free to read, print and share.