Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name objects and identify the materials they are made from.
- Recognise that objects are made from materials that suit their purpose.
- Recall that a property is how a material can be described.
When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Sort objects based on the materials they are made from.
- Group objects based on their properties.
- Suggest ways to test materials for their properties.
- Make predictions and recognise whether they were accurate.
- Use their observations to answer questions.
- Begin to recognise if a test is fair.
Please note that Kapow Primary Science lessons are designed to be 1 hour and 30 minutes long to reflect the requirements of a core subject.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: Naming materials
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Material detectives
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: Introduction to properties
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: Is it absorbent?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: Is it waterproof?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: Is it tough?
Key skills
Posing questions
- Responding to suggestions
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Objects
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Key vocabulary
absorbent
fabric
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Materials box with 30 everyday objects made from various materials (wood, plastic, glass, metal, rock and fabric).
×1 - PE hoops 6
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Camera or device for taking photos.
×1 -
Sticky notes (pink and green)
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Tea towel
×1 -
Textured materials (e.g. corrugated cardboard, foil, bubble wrap, tissue paper, feathers, wool, small pom-poms and glitter).
×1 -
Shallow trays
×5 -
Teaspoons, 5 ml measuring spoons or 5 ml syringes
×5 - Pre-cut squares of absorbent, non-absorbent, waterproof and non-waterproof materials (e.g. cotton wool, paper towel, fabric, felt, plastic bag, foil, greaseproof paper and cling film). ×1
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Selection of clothing
×1 -
Plastic cups or yoghurt pots
×30 - Rubber bands ×30
- Paper towels ×30
- Sticky tack
- Materials for testing toughness (e.g. plastic, denim, rubber, silicone, hessian, cotton wool, cardboard, felt and crayon). ×1
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Science Y1/2 (B): Materials: Everyday materials
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the mixed-age unit ‘Everyday materials'.
Vocabulary display – Science Y1/2 (B): Materials: Everyday materials
A display version of the vocabulary for the mixed-age unit 'Everyday materials'.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: pleasure in reading.
British values: mutual respect.
