Push and Pull Forces | FREE Physics Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions

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Understanding how push and pull forces work helps students connect everyday motion to core physics ideas like balanced vs unbalanced forces, friction, mass, and acceleration, making it a perfect fit for NGSS MS-PS2. Teaching this topic through a focused reading passage with questions turns abstract terms into clear, testable ideas using real examples such as starting a bike, opening a door, or sliding a box. Scaffolded questions move from recall to cause and effect to prediction, so learners practice evidence based reasoning and apply formulas like F = ma in age appropriate ways. This approach streamlines planning, strengthens science literacy, and gives classes the tools to analyze motion they see every day, from sports to simple machines.

This push and pull forces science article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about push and pull forces. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this push and pull forces article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

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Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase scientific literacy in your class
A weekly reading task
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students on a particular topic
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3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
3 page PDF teacher version with answers
2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

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