Wiltshire E-Learning Project Curriculum Area: Science KS1

Learning Objective

Changing and Materials

These activities are designed to supplement work done in science and should always be accompanied by some practical investigation

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SMART Investigation Planner

 
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Materials and their properties 1. Pupils should be taught to:

a) use their senses to explore and recognise the similarities and differences between materials

 		  

 

Finding out about the properties of materials www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips

 

  

 

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2.Pupils should be taught to:

a) find out how the shapes of objects made from some materials can be changed by some processes, including squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

 		  

How some materials are changed and used www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips

Ask the children to use a CD-ROM encyclopaedia to find out how some materials such as glass and paper are made from naturally occurring materials.

 

  

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b) explore and describe the way some everyday materials [for example, water, chocolate, bread, clay] change when they are heated or cooled. 
Variety of activities and worksheets related to changing materials
www.e-schools.co.uk/revision/science

 
Make a database of everyday materials to record how they change when heated or cooled.

 
How to make Paper
Bricks
 		  
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