This document discusses different types of motion and forces. It explains that push and pull forces can move objects in different ways, such as pushing something away, pulling something towards you, or causing other motions like bouncing, sliding, rolling, and spinning. Examples are given for each type of motion. The document also describes how humans and animals move using push and pull forces from their bodies and limbs against surfaces.

2. What Do You Know?
Have you noticed that things move?
in the classroom at home on the school grounds
Draw or talk about things that move…
How do these things move?

3. Push and Pull
Things can be moved by being pushed or pulled.
These are a type of force.
Push -
moving something away from you.
Pull -
moving something towards you.
Push and pull forces can make other movements like…
bouncing sliding rolling spinning

4. Push
a swing
a doorbell
a stroller

5. Pull
a fishing rod
climbing
tug of war

6. How We Move
Did You Know…?
When we swim, our hands, arms, feet and legs push against the water. This
is what makes our bodies move through the water.

7. How We Move
We use our legs and feet to push against the ground. This is what moves us
forward, backward or sideways.

8. Bounce
An item moves quickly up, back, or away from a surface after it has been hit.
bouncing ball
you on a
trampoline

9. Slide
skiing
you on a slide
An object moves smoothly along a surface. A part of the object is always touching
the surface.
a seal moving on land

10. Roll
ball
An object moves along a surface without sliding. The object will turn over and
over.
body roll
car wheels

11. Spin
An object turns around and around.
a spinning top
a CD or DVD
being read
a fidget spinner

12. Let’s open our Science Book
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20. How Things Move
19 January 2024
1. A push can move an object away
from you.
2. A pull can move an object toward
you.
3. A push or a pull can make an object
move fast or slow.