3rd Grade · Science
Patterns of Motion: The Pendulum
Free printable 3rd Grade science worksheet: Patterns of Motion: The Pendulum. It practices motion patterns (NGSS 3-PS2-2). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Science
- Skill
- Motion patterns
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3-PS2-2
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Patterns of Motion: The Pendulum” is sheet 2 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on motion patterns.
In the set it comes after “Balanced and Unbalanced Forces” and before “Magnets: Attract or Repel?”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3-PS2-2 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 3
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Children explore pushes and pulls, and how forces change how objects move.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Do the pendulum and balloon investigations for real. The data sheet is only interesting when the numbers are the child’s own.
- 2
For the traits sheets, look at family photos together and talk about which traits are inherited and which are learned.
- 3
Keep a weather chart for a week before the graphing sheet, then compare it with the graph on the page.
