Uses of Everyday Materials

Children should be able to:

• Describe the properties of different materials

Vocabulary - rough, smooth, bendy, hard, soft, opaque, transparent

Materials - rock, plastic, wood, paper, glass, metal, plasticine

• Identify objects made from the same materials

Materials - wood, metal, plastic, glass

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- Best paper for a drinking straw

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- Know why you cannot use some materials for a specific purpose

• Know why materials are suitable for a purpose

- What material to use for a raincoat

• Know the shape of a solid can be changed

- Recycling paper