Y5 Testing Materials for Absorency

Pupils look at a range of materials and predict which ones they think are permeable or impermeable? Pupils record their predictions before designing an investigation to test their predictions.

Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets
  • NaG - pupils should build a more systematic understanding of materials by exploring and comparing the properties of a broad range of materials
  • WS - pupils might work scientifically by: carrying out tests to answer questions, for example, ‘Which materials would be the most effective for making a warm jacket, for wrapping ice cream to stop it melting, or for making blackout curtains?’

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