Science

Uses of everyday materials

By the end of the term the children will be able to: 

• Describe the ways solid shapes can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

• Talk about how people choose materials because of their properties. 

• Explain that a plastic bag is bendy, smooth and stretchy  
• Describe glass as transparent (clear), hard, smooth and waterproof. 
• Understand brick is rough, strong, opaque and dull. 
• Say paper is translucent, flexible and not waterproof  
• Understand cardboard is rough, dull, opaque and not waterproof. 
• Talk about tinfoil as a shiny, bendy, waterproof and opaque material.