It’s time to wrap up Opposite Week with today’s opposites: push and pull. Today we’ll learn about pulleys with Sid the Science Kid, do a Super Fab Lab investigation of force, make a Dinosaur Train opposites book, and celebrate the Fourth of July with a read and sing aloud!
Watch Together
In this clip from Sid the Science Kid, students investigates how to get a bucket of tennis balls from the ground to their friends above them on the playscape. How will the kids complete Teacher Susie’s challenge?
In this Super Fab Lab investigation, you can explore how we use force to move objects in different ways: quickly or slowly; near or far. Does the force you use to kick a ball feel like a push or a pull? How does this compare to the force the students used in their pulley investigation?
Now that you know so many opposites, you can put your knowledge to the test! Click below to download the Dinosaur Train opposites sheet. Then, cut out each picture along with its opposite and glue them in their corresponding spot. Up/down, in/out, big/small…can you find all the opposite pairs?