Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)

Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials
Section 6: Properties of materials

Objectives

Children should learn:

that materials can be sorted in a variety of ways according to their properties
to use appropriate vocabulary to describe materials

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Tell children you want to find a material to use eg to make a window for a doll's house, to make a toy slide. Ask children to suggest what the material would need to be like and sort out, from a variety of materials, which would be suitable and which would not. Ask them to explain the criteria they used eg bendy/not bendy, transparent/not transparent, rough/smooth. Record by drawing or sticking materials in sets and labelling or writing simple sentences.		identify and name properties of materials eg transparent, bendy, flexible and sort into groups on the basis of these

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	1. Handling different materials
	2. Identifying materials without looking
	3. Describing different materials
	4. Describing different objects
	5. Grouping different materials
	6. Properties of materials
	7. Magnetic and non-magnetic objects
	8. Choosing materials for a purpose
	9. Testing fabrics and papers
	10. Waterproof materials
	11. Review

Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

Sections in this unit