Uses of everyday materials

Investigating how the properties of materials make them suitable for different uses.

Lessons

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Lesson 1: Objects and materials

Knowledge

  • To recognise that objects are made from materials that suit their uses.

Working scientifically

  • To recognise that objects can be grouped.

Lesson 2: Which material is suitable?

Lesson 3: Stretch it, twist it, bend it, squash it!

Lesson 4: Testing stretchiness

Lesson 5: Testing strength

Lesson 6: Eco-friendly materials

Key skills

Posing questions

  • Recognising there are
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • Objects are
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Key vocabulary

elastic

fabric (Y1)

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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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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected

  • ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ by Julia Donaldson ×1
  • Pe hoops 2
  • A selection of everyday objects made from wood, metal, glass, plastic and fabric (e.g. bottle, chopping board, plant pot and bag). ×1
  • Modelling dough ×30
  • Digital camera ×1
  • A selection of everyday object to test (e.g. rubber bands, paper clips, rubbers and sponges). ×1
  • 30 strips of material for testing strength (e.g. rubber bands, wool, balloons and cotton). ×1
  • Connecting cubes Each child: 10
  • Thick books (e.g. dictionaries, atlases or thesauruses)

    Each pair: 6

The equipment below is optional

  • High visibility jacket, hard hat and clipboard (teacher use)

    ×1
  • Small dog figurine ×1
  • Tray containing mud

    ×1
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