Strand: Physical Sciences

Push, Pull and Move program content

What makes things move and change? Does shape or weight effect movement? Explore the pushes and pulls in our lives including air, gravity and toys. Feel the strength of water. Discover that air can push and can be used to fly and power rockets.

Australian Curriculum

Foundation Year – The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape.
Year 2 – A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape.
Year 4 – Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.
This show can include Yr4 if requested

Primary Science Understandings

  • K/PP –Movement
  • Yr 2 – Pushing & pulling

What the teachers said about the Push Pull Move Show

“Thank you for an excellent and thoroughly engaging presentation. My students were amazed by your demonstrations and can’t stop talking about them and they remember every word you said.”

Rockingham Beach PS