Description
Students will learn about:
- What materials are and their purposes
- A range of common materials and their uses (plastic, metal, wood, glass, paper, leather, ceramics, synthetic fibres)
- The physical and chemical properties of common materials
- What materials are used to make everyday objects
- The advantages and disadvantages of common materials
Information covered in the informational slides:
- What are materials?
- What materials can you see? (identifying task)
- The purposes of materials
- Common materials
- The features and uses of plastic
- The advantages and disadvantages of plastic
- Which items are made of plastic? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of metal
- The advantages and disadvantages of metal
- Which items are made of metal? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of wood
- The advantages and disadvantages of wood
- Which items are made of wood? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of glass
- The advantages and disadvantages of glass
- Which items are made of glass? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of paper
- The advantages and disadvantages of paper
- Which items are made of paper? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of leather
- The advantages and disadvantages of leather
- Which items are made of leather? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of ceramic
- The advantages and disadvantages of ceramic
- Which items are made of ceramic? (identifying task)
- The features and uses of synthetic fibres
- The advantages and disadvantages of synthetic fibres
- Which items are made of synthetic fibres? (identifying task)
- Vocabulary definitions at the end of the slides
This resource includes 4 worksheets that improve knowledge about a range of common materials and their uses. An answer key is included for easy marking!
Worksheet 1: Close Passage: Magnificent Materials
Worksheet 2: Multiple and Short Answer Questions
Worksheet 3: The Uses and Properties of Materials (Wood, Metal & Glass)
Worksheet 4: Venn Diagram to Compare the Uses and Properties of Common Materials
