FORCE AND MOTION What Makes Things Move? Forces make things move! A force is a push or pull that can make something move. You use force to open a window. You use force to do other things too, such as: push open a door throw a basketball through the hoop push a friend on a swing. Gravity is a force! Gravity is a force that pulls things down. If you put a ball on the top of a hill and give it a push, gravity will cause the ball to roll down the hill. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
Speed Speed is how fast or how slow an object moves. If you push something with A LOT of force it might go very fast. Example: if you push a toy car on a wood floor, it will go very fast across the floor. If you use less force to push the toy car, it will move slower across the floor. MORE FORCE = MORE SPEED LESS FORCE = LESS SPEED How Things Move Objects can move up, down, to the left, or to the right. Objects can move straight. Objects can curve and swerve when they move too! © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.