Y5 Material Properties

Pupils look at a range of everyday items made from a range of materials. They try to identify the material properties that made each material ideal for carrying out the jobs that they will be required to do.

Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, woods and plastics
  • NaG - pupils should build a more systematic understanding of materials

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