Push or Pull?
Energy Fun
Let’s Build!
Roller Coaster Time
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100

When you open a door, what force are you using?

What is Pull

100

Energy makes things happen. What gives you energy to run and play?

What is Food


100

What do you use to connect blocks together?

What is glue?

100

What makes the roller coaster go down the hill?

What is gravity?


100

What gives us light during the day?

What is the sun?

200

When you close a drawer, what force are you using?

What is push?

200

What do you need to turn on a flashlight?

What is a battery?

200

What shape is super strong for buildings—circle, square, or triangle?

What is triangle?

200

What helps the coaster stay on the track?

What is wheels?

200

What moves the blades of a windmill?

What is the wind?

300

When you use a magnet to bring something closer, what force is that?

What is a pull?

300

What gives light and heat in the sky?

What is the sun?

300

What do you call the first small version of something you build?

What is a model?

300

What helps the coaster stop at the end?

What are brakes?

300

What do we call it when we use old things to make new things?

What is recycling?

400
What kind of force makes a ball roll away when you kick it?

What is a push?

400

What happens when you run out of energy?

What is you get tired?

400

What do engineers do to see if their idea works?

What is test it?

400

If there was no gravity, would the coaster come down?

What is no?

400

What do plants need to grow?

What is sunlight, water, and air?

500

When you swing on a swing, is that a push or pull?

What is both


500

What kind of energy makes a toy car go when you push it?

What is motion energy (or movement)?

500

What should you draw first before building your coaster?

What is a plan or blueprint?


500

Gravity pulls everything which direction?

What is down?

500

What do we call it when we help keep the Earth clean and healthy?

What is taking care of the planet (or sustainability)?