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Materials. What is a Material?. How are Materials used?. Different Materials. What materials can you think of?. Plastic. Wood. Fabric. Glass. Metal. Sand. Rubber. Wool. Rock or Stone. Describing Materials. What are the following objects made out of?.
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Materials What is a Material? How are Materials used?
Different Materials What materials can you think of? Plastic Wood Fabric Glass Metal Sand Rubber Wool Rock or Stone
Describing Materials • What are the following objects made out of? • Describe the following Materials according to their properties. • Make a list of the properties of the Materials.
Different Materials Properties Transparent Wood Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Different Materials Properties Transparent Rubber Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Sorting Materials Plastic Properties Transparent Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Sorting Materials Metal Properties Transparent Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Sorting Materials Properties Transparent Wool Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Different Materials Properties Transparent Fabric Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Different Materials Properties Transparent Glass Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Different Materials Rock or Stone Properties Transparent Opaque Hard Soft Tough Brittle Flexible Rigid
Sorting Materials • Write a list of the properties of the Materials we have looked at. • Think of the properties we have discussed and what the materials are used for.
Sorting Materials • In your groups discuss how these materials could be sorted. • Share your ideas with the rest of the class. • Have you all come up with similar ideas?
Importance of Materials • In your groups discuss which materials you think are the most important to us in our daily lives. • Complete the Diamond Ranking grid to show how you would rank the importance of the materials from most important to least important.
Importance of Materials Which material do you think is the most important in our daily lives? Which one do we use the most? What could we not live without? Most important Least important
Importance of Materials • Share your views about how you ranked the materials from most important to least important. • Are your views all the same? • Are your views similar or different? • What problems did you come across in your group discussion?