Roll, Slide or Spin? is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on how a push makes different things roll, slide or spin, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-PS2-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: It rolls or It slides or It spins around?
Sort: A merry-go-round pushed at its edge, A book pushed across a table, A ball pushed along the floor
It rollsIt slidesIt spins around
2.Sort each one: It rolls or It slides or It spins around?
Sort: A marble flicked across a table, A puck hit across the ice, A bike wheel turned by hand, the bike upside down
It rollsIt slidesIt spins around
3.Sort each one: It rolls or It slides or It spins around?
Sort: A toy car pushed forward, A coin twisted on its edge, A sled pulled over snow
It rollsIt slidesIt spins around
LessonPrint · K-PS2-1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Roll, Slide or Spin?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A ball pushed along the floor — It rolls 2. A book pushed across a table — It slides 3. A merry-go-round pushed at its edge — It spins around
2.1. A bike wheel turned by hand, the bike upside down — It spins around 2. A marble flicked across a table — It rolls 3. A puck hit across the ice — It slides
3.1. A coin twisted on its edge — It spins around 2. A sled pulled over snow — It slides 3. A toy car pushed forward — It rolls
Questions about Roll, Slide or Spin?
What does the Roll, Slide or Spin? worksheet cover?
It practices how a push makes different things roll, slide or spin — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-PS2-1: Test how hard and which way you push or pull, and watch what the motion does. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into how it moves when pushed”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Roll, Slide or Spin? practice?
K-PS2-1, under Physical Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Roll, Slide or Spin? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-PS2-1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Roll, Slide or Spin? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Roll, Slide or Spin? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Roll, Slide or Spin? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Roll, Slide or Spin?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for K-PS2-1
Test how hard and which way you push or pull, and watch what the motion does.