What is a Material?

How are Materials used?

What materials can you think of?

Plastic

Metal

Wool

GlassWood

Rock or Stone

Fabric

RubberSand

•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.

WoodProperties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

Rubber Properties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

Plastic Properties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

Metal Properties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

Wool Properties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

FabricProperties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

GlassProperties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

Rock or Stone Properties

Hard

Transparent

Brittle

Tough

Soft

Rigid

Flexible

Opaque

•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.

•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?

•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.

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?

Least important

Most important

•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?