This simple procedural text is the perfect hands-on activity for your students when learning about the concept of push and pull. It has been designed to be used in conjunction with the Push and Pull Assessment.
Students can complete the Push and Pull assessment after creating their own Pom Pom Popper.
Describe pushes and pulls in terms of strength and direction and predict the effect of these forces on objects’ motion and shape
Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions
The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape
Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas
Develops solutions to an identified need
Observes the way objects move and relates changes in motion to push and pull forces
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Describes observable features of living things and their environments
Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products
Identifies that materials can be changed or combined
Describes how the properties of materials determine their use
Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources