Push it, pull it, roll it: K to 2nd science
Pushes, pulls and ramps. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: pushes, pulls and ramps.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How can you make a toy car go farther?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: push it, pull it, roll it.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Push and Pull (https://peabody.kids/world/build/build-push-and-pull)
- Make: Ramp races (https://peabody.kids/build/ramp-races)
- Make: A wall marble run (https://peabody.kids/build/wall-marble-run)
- Try: Quiz: how things work (https://peabody.kids/practice/sci/how)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about push it, pull it, roll it, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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