Summary
A 90-second live-action clip from "Peep and the Big Wide World": real children explore how a push or a pull makes things move, speed up, slow down or change direction. A quick, concrete demo to pair with a circle-time investigation.
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All ages
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"Rolling Down a Hill" invites young scientists to explore how a push or a pull makes things move, speed up, slow down or change direction.
- Did something get a push or a pull to make it move?
- How could you make it go faster? Slower?
- What made it stop?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: push, pull, move, fast, slow.
Try it: Roll a ball with a gentle push, then a hard push. Which push sent it farther? Try to stop it with a pull.