Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)
Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials
Section 10: Waterproof materials
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Objectives |
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- to suggest how to test whether materials are waterproof
- to explore ways of answering the question
- to communicate what they did and what happened, making simple comparisons
- to use what happened to draw a conclusion and to say what they found out
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Give children a different selection of materials and say you want to make a toy umbrella. Ask them what the material for an umbrella would need to be like eg waterproof, won't let water through. Help children to decide how to test the materials eg by exploring what happens using small quantities of water. Ask them to compare how waterproof the materials are. Ask children to describe what they did and help them to tell others what they found out.
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- 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
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Points to note |
This activity offers children the opportunity to carry out a whole investigation. It may be helpful to concentrate on the aspects of investigation highlighted in the learning objectives.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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