Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

• use words eg hard, shiny, rough to describe materials and objects

• ask suitable questions about objects
• describe materials in terms of senses eg this feels smooth, this rattles when I shake it, I know this is soap because of its smell and feel

• name several common materials and describe them using terms eg rough, hard, shiny
• identify different objects made of the same material and name the material

• describe the object they chose eg I chose this wooden egg, it's smooth, hard and won't break
• group together objects made of the same material and name the material

• identify a common characteristic and make a simple record eg grouping and labelling

• identify and name properties of materials eg transparent, bendy, flexible and sort into groups on the basis of these

• identify some objects that are attracted to a magnet
• predict which objects will be attracted to a magnet and say whether they were right
• recognise that objects that are attracted to magnets are made of metal but that not all metal objects are attracted

• identify reasons for using materials for particular purposes eg wood for doors because it is strong, wool for a scarf because it keeps me warm
• identify a range of materials and correctly associate them with properties and uses eg glass, transparent, windows

• make a suggestion of what paper for wrapping a parcel should be like
• suggest a way of testing the papers appropriate to the characteristic chosen

• recognise that an umbrella would need to be waterproof
• find a way to decide whether a material is waterproof eg putting a material on a table, adding a few drops of water and seeing if the table is wet, holding the material over a container and dropping water on it and describe this to others
• use their results eg to order materials or to group materials into waterproof and not waterproof materials