Free teacher web sites for Science topic ‘Materials - Properties’
Covering a variety of materials, you'll see why we use materials for different purposes according to their properties.
Advanced materials properties game
A great game to challenge upper KS2. Properties combine, such as magnetic and flexible. Get your thinking caps on.
External link: Advanced materials properties game
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Bendy or waterproof?
Bendy or waterproof? Or both? You decide - with this great BBC simulation.
External link: Bendy or waterproof?
- suitable for class use
Characteristics of materials
As with the other great BBC simulation which features waterproof and bendy tests, this one adds transparent and strength tests. You can test metal, plastic, glass and paper.
External link: Characteristics of materials
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Guess the rock
This webquest activity is great for investigative science.
External link: Guess the rock
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Information on rocks
A super page on rocks and minerals, probably best suited to upper KS2.
External link: Information on rocks
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- suitable for teachers’ personal use
Materials powerpoint
A great NWN presentation for lower KS2. Lots to talk about on this.
External link: Materials powerpoint
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Materials sorting activities
Sorting toys, natural or man-made, labelling materials and changing materials. All feature in this great Crick site.
External link: Materials sorting activities
- suitable for class use
Materials under a microscope
Check out these materials under a microscope. Also images of flowers and insects. A great resource.
External link: Materials under a microscope
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- suitable for teachers’ personal use
Minerals information
This website gives short descriptions and photographs of over a hundred minerals and rocks, plus other information about minerals.
External link: Minerals information
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Name the materials
Drag names of materials to places on this picture with a water proof / resistant or not theme. Great Crick activity for ks1. Please note:There are two materials activities on this webpage.
External link: Name the materials
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Properties of everyday materials
Pictures to suit all. Text for KS2 mainly. Find out about brick, metal, wool, wood, stone, pottery, water and pigment in this Bgfl activity.
External link: Properties of everyday materials
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Properties of rocks
Permeable, split easily, hardwearing, float? These are the tests you can carry out on slate, granite, marble, chalk and pumice.
External link: Properties of rocks
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Properties of rocks around us
This webquest activity
why has that particular rock been used for that purpose?
which of its properties make it suitable for that use?
External link: Properties of rocks around us
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Properties of soil
A nice cloze procedure and activities too. Including testing which soils allow the quickest drainage. Suitable for KS2.
External link: Properties of soil
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Runny or sticky liquids
Runny or sticky liquids. Pupils can test the sinking time of a ball in measuring cylinders of familiar but different liquids. They then graph their results and use them to predict in a new but related situation. A great Learn resource.
External link: Runny or sticky liquids
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Sorting materials
This BBC activity requires children to understand about properties of materials in terms of magnetic attraction for example.
External link: Sorting materials
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Sorting materials - wood, metal, rubber, glass.
Pick them off the conveyor belt and sort them quickly in this BBC activity.
External link: Sorting materials - wood, metal, rubber, glass.
- suitable for class use
Stretchy test
Supporting an experiment on measuring how stretchy different tights are.
External link: Stretchy test
- suitable for class use
