1. Pushes and Pulls Lesson 7

2. Let’s review a few of the vocabulary words we learned yesterday.

3. Push: To move something away from you by using force.

4. You can push a lawn mower or a door closed.

5. Pull: To move something towards you using force.

6. You can pull things like a drawer of a dresser or a wagon.

7. It takes force to move something. Push and pull are examples of force.

8. Let’s watch the next video of the bobsledders. What makes the bob sled move? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ofzbV9-Nyag

9. What force caused the bob sled to move?

10. Now let’s watch a video of a sled dog team and a sled. What made the sled move? http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=WPKV J3Nws6E

11. What force caused the dog sled to move?

12. Make T chart in your science notebook. A T chart looks like this… Push Pull

13. While watching the next video write down examples of push and pull you see in the video. Push Pull

14. Write the examples of push under the word push and the examples of pull under the word pull Push Pull

15. Now let’s watch a video on push and pull http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=hMDSSAKSWs4

16. What examples of push and pull did you see in the video? Push Pull

17. What examples of push and pull did you see in the video? Push Pull swing rope Tennis racket Boat rope Bowling ball kite iron

18. Break Time

19. Now let’s look at these objects and tell me if they are moved by pushing or pulling.

20. Rocket blasting off http://www.guard ian.co.uk/world/vi deo/2009/nov/17 /space-shuttle- atlantis-launch

21. Was the rocket moved by a push or pull?

22. Parachute opening http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v =0G4aaCPcdP0

23. Was the parachute moved by a push or a pull?

24. Baseball being thrown by a pitcher http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=zFwqNo2lOZc

25. Was the baseball moved by a push or a pull?

26. A wheelbarrow http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=3zabFTrAT_k

27. Was the wheelbarrow moved by a push or a pull?

28. Wagon http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YgfAofP1_xA

29. Was the wagon moved by a push or a pull?

30. In your science notebook make another T chart. Push Pull

31. Look at your surroundings. What examples of push and pull do you see? Many examples will be things you use everyday at home, at school or at play.

32. Write those examples on your push pull T-chart Push Pull

33. Today we learned about push and pull. A push moves things away from you. A pull moves things closer to you.

34. We also recognized examples of pushes and pulls in our world and in everyday things. By the way a door can be an example of both push and pull! You push the door open and pull the door closed.

35. In our next lesson we will look again at our positional words. We will also talk about motion.

36. Keep observing the world around you!