Recognise and name some common materials from living and non-living sources

BBC Science Clips - Grouping Materials Drag the wood, metal, glass and rubber objects from the conveyor belt into the correct group. Printable worksheet available (Click on Worksheet)

Idea Use the digital camera to record materials found in a 'Materials Walk'. Print out the photos or incorporate them into a document, PowerPoint show, etc.

Activity 1 - Sorting Toys Sort a group of toys into 3 sets, using own criteria

Activity 2 - Labelling Materials Drag the labels to the correct picture

Activity 3 - Sorting Materials Which are man-made and which are natural? Drag the materials to group them.

Materials lesson outline using the above activities (Word document)

Looking at Materials Printable cards with ideas of what pupils should think about when investigating materials

Idea Use the Digital Microscope to look closely at materials

Clicker 4 > (none) > Clicker Grids for Learning > Science > Materials > Materials 2 Choose a category and then write about which objects are made from that material. Follow the same path to 'Materials 1' which is more complicated than Materials 2.
(Note: New version of Clicker 4 activities rolled out to SBC schools in 2004)

CTB > Materials Various keyboard and pixstarter files on materials and fabrics

Give examples of uses of some materials based on simple properties

Investigating Building Materials Drag the correct labels onto the building picture

Materials lesson outline using the above activity (Word document)

The Three Little Pigs Animated story from the BBC Tweenies site.

Make observations of the ways in which some materials can be changed by processes such as squashing, bending, twisting and stretching (Level A). Relate uses of everyday materials to properties (Level B).

BBC Science Clips - Characteristics of Materials Test materials to see how waterproof, flexible, transparent and strong they are. Printable worksheet available (Click on Worksheet)

Idea Magnified images from the Digital Microscope can help pupils to suggest reasons for why one thread may be stronger than another, or why one type of paper is stiffer than another. Use the images in reports of the investigations.

Clicker 4 > (none) > Clicker Grids for Learning > Science > Materials > Properties 1 (also 2 & 3) Write about objects and the properties of the material they are made from.
(Note: New version of Clicker 4 activities rolled out to SBC schools in 2004)

Idea Use the Digital Blue camera to film investigations (and insert into PowerPoint) or simply use the projected image as a way of letting the whole class see the experiment clearly.