Lesson · Kindergarten · Science
A Push or a Pull Makes Things Move
- Kindergarten
- Science
- 54 s
- British Columbia
- BCK-SC-06
A hand pushes a toy car away and another hand pulls a car closer by its string, showing that a push or a pull can make things move. Then two cars side by side get a small push and a big push, and the harder push sends its car faster and much farther.
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Here is a toy car, sitting still.
How can we make the car move?
Transcript
What the lesson says
Here is a toy car, sitting still.
How can we make the car move?
A push moves it away from you.
This car has a string tied to it.
A pull moves it toward you.
So a push or a pull can make things move.
What happens if we push the car harder?
Give this car a small push.
It goes slowly and not very far.
Give this car a big, hard push.
It goes faster and much farther!
A harder push makes a thing go faster and farther.
Curriculum
Where this fits
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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