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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 2)

Unit 2D: Grouping and changing materials

QCA
About this unit

Through this unit children learn to distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made. They learn about some of the ways materials can be changed and that heating can cause changes which produce materials which are often useful.

Experimental and investigative work in this unit focuses on:

  • thinking about what is expected to happen
  • making and recording observations and comparisons
  • deciding whether a test is fair.
Work also offers opportunities for children to relate science to domestic contexts eg cooking and to recognise hazards and risks to themselves and to control these.

This unit takes approximately 9 hours.


Sections in this unit

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.
1. Grouping materials
2. Where do materials come from?
3. Making a collage
4. Changing shape
5. Changing by heating
6. Melting ice
7. Experimenting with melting ice
8. Recording observations
9. Changing by cooling
10. Comparing materials
11. Water, steam and ice
12. Review