You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Material Zones resource
- Vocabulary definitions
Additional Resources
- A collection of objects made from different materials and with different textures
- Hoops
- Opaque bag
Explore and compare different materials and sort them into groups before writing songs based on their properties! Consider what it would be like if the tables were made of jelly or the chairs were chocolate! Then recreate the story of the three little pigs and predict what will happen to their houses.
Play 'I-Spy the Material' game in the classroom, before discussing why different materials have been used. Sort items according to their properties and consider what it would be like if the tables were made of jelly or the chairs were chocolate.
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM).
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
Working Scientifically
Provided Resources
Additional Resources
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - sorting, classifying and identifying
Identify and name the materials found in the classroom, Sort the objects according to their properties. Play Material Snap in pairs.
Year 1 - Understand the difference between an object and the material from which it is made.
Year 2 - Sort objects according to their properties, usefulness and other criteria.
Vocabulary
Rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt, wood, metal, plastic, glass, rock, materials, properties
Think carefully about the different materials and their properties, and play games in pairs with items from the classroom. Write songs based on the properties in materials and sing together at the end of the session.
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM).
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
v) Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses (2EM).
Working Scientifically
Provided Resources
Additional Resources
Weblinks
Video of Frère Jacques tune from www.YouTube.com
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - pattern seeking, problem solving
Think carefully about the different materials and their properties, and play games in pairs with items from the classroom. Write songs based on the properties of materials.
Year 1/2 - Understand that objects are made of different materials and they have simple properties.
Vocabulary
Rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt, wood, metal, plastic, glass, rock, materials, properties
Play with magnets and explore their properties. Discover what's attracted to them and why. Create games using the magnets and metal objects in the classroom.
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM).
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
v) Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses (2EM).
Working Scientifically
Additional Resources
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - observing over time, problem solving
Play with magnets and explore their properties. Create games using magnets and classroom metal objects.
Year 1 - Consider questions such as: does everything made of metal stick to a magnet.
Year 2 - Discuss the properties of metal objects and the usefulness of magnets.
Vocabulary
Magnetic, non-magnetic, metal, materials, properties
Play 'Odd One Out' by carefully considering the properties of some objects, sort objects in the classroom and then have fun imagining a world where nothing is rigid!
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM)
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
v) Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses (2EM).
Working Scientifically
Additional Resources
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - sorting, classifying and identifying
Sort objects in the classroom according to these criteria: hard, soft, stretchy, stiff, bendy/floppy.
Year 1/2 - Understand the properties of materials using terms such as hard/ soft / stretchy/ stiff/ bendy/ floppy.
Vocabulary
Magnetic, non-magnetic, metal, materials, properties
Listen to the story of the three little pigs and, in small groups, recreate using straw, twigs and bricks. Make predictions and a video.
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM).
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
v) Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses (2EM).
Working Scientifically
Provided Resources
Additional Resources
Weblinks
The Three Little Pigs video clip – one of many available from www.YouTube.com
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - exploring, problem solving
Listen to the story of three pigs who didn't choose the right materials and recreate using straw, twigs, bricks and a hairdryer.
Year 1 - Explore and understand the properties of materials used by Little Pigs.
Year 2 - Predict which material will be most successful.
Vocabulary
Rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt useful, materials, properties
Using alternative building materials recreate the story of the three little pigs and predict what will happen to their houses!
Science Objectives
i) Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made (1EM).
ii) Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock (1EM).
iii) Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials (1EM).
iv) Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties (1EM).
v) Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses (2EM).
Working Scientifically
Additional Resources
Weblinks
The Three Little Pigs video clip – one of many available from www.YouTube.com
Teaching
Activities
Investigation - exploring, problem solving
Use alternative building materials to recreate the story of the three little pigs.
Year 1 - Explore and use materials to recreate alternative story.
Year 2 - Predict which material will be the most successful and why.
Vocabulary
Rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt useful, materials, properties
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