Questions about the Push and Pull poster

What’s on the Push and Pull poster?

PUSH against PULL, side by side. PUSH: Away from you; PUSH: Closing a door; PUSH: Kicking a ball; PUSH: Pressing a button; PUSH: Sliding a box across the floor; PULL: Towards you; PULL: Opening a drawer; PULL: Tugging a rope; PULL: Picking up a bag; PULL: A magnet grabbing a paperclip; Both are forces. A force is just a push or a pull that makes something start, stop or…. Harder push, bigger change. That is the whole of early physics.

Who is the Push and Pull poster for?

Push and Pull is filed under Kindergarten (ages 5–6), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Push and Pull poster?

Go round the room labelling every movement as a push or a pull. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Push and Pull belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Push and Pull?

Sink or Float?, Where Animals Live and Butterfly Life Cycle sit alongside Push and Pull in the Kindergarten set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Sink or Float?Where Animals LiveButterfly Life Cycle

Is the Push and Pull poster free to download and print?

Yes. Push and Pull downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kindergarten set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Push and Pull poster print at?

Push and Pull is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Push and Pull loses nothing.Printing guide