Everyday materials
Discovering the difference between objects and materials by exploring and classifying a variety of items.
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Materials: Everyday materials
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
Lesson 1: Naming materials
Lesson 2: Material detectives
Lesson 3: Introduction to properties
Lesson 4: Is it absorbent?
Lesson 5: Is it waterproof?
Lesson 6: Is it tough?
Key skills
Key knowledge
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)
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
- A device that takes photographs ×8
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Sticky notes (pink and green)
×30 -
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 - A selection of Elastic bands
- Paper towels ×30
- Sticky tack ×1
- Materials for testing toughness (e.g. plastic, denim, rubber, silicone, hessian, cotton wool, cardboard, felt and crayon).
Equipment list
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
- A device that takes photographs ×8
-
Sticky notes (pink and green)
×30 -
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 - A selection of Elastic bands
- Paper towels ×30
- Sticky tack ×1
- Materials for testing toughness (e.g. plastic, denim, rubber, silicone, hessian, cotton wool, cardboard, felt and crayon).
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Science Y1: Everyday materials
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Everyday materials.
Vocabulary display – Science Y1: Everyday materials
A display version of the vocabulary for the unit 'Everyday materials'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: pleasure in reading.
British values: mutual respect.