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What materials do we use? Find more objects made of these materials. We use paper to make model aeroplanes. You can fold paper. It is easy to cut paper. We make lots of things from wood. Wood is hard, but you can cut it with a saw.

Keys are made of metal. Metal is hard.

Glass is smooth and transparent. It also breaks very easily.

LOOK AND DO 1. What material is each object made of? Decide and number. 1. glass 2. metal 3. paper 4. wood

Students find classroom objects made of each material. Bring items from home, and place them in a feely bag. Ask: Is it hard or soft?, etc. 1. Students label with numbers.

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What floats?
INVESTIGATE 1. Which things float? Which things sink? Decide and stick.

rubber

plastic brick

stone

pencil

toy car

ruler

coin

pen floats

wooden spoon sinks

1. Put objects into a large bowl of water which all the students can see. Reinforcement: collect pictures, photos and objects of things which float. Display.

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Clothes
LOOK AND DO 1. What materials are the clothes made of? Decide and colour. cotton yellow wool red

2. Complete the sentences. Listen and check your answers. cotton 1. In summer, I wear 2. In winter, I wear wool cool

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warm

because it keeps me because it keeps me

1. Bring clothes, which students identify. Ask: What material is it made of? Introduce cotton and wool. 2. Compare winter and summer clothes and complete the sentences.

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INVESTIGATE 1. Which material keeps things warmest? Put the materials round the hot water bottle. Find out and report.

wool

cotton

silk

is the material which keeps things warmest because the water is hot longer.

Rhyme: Baa, baa, black sheep. 1. Use three water bottles with the same amount of water and temperature (not boiling). The materials should be the same size and wrapped around the bottles in the same way.

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Heat
INVESTIGATE 1. What things change because of heat? Find out, tick (), and report.

ice cream

bread

chocolate a candle paper changes to liquid prediction chocolate ice cream a candle paper butter bread result butter changes to solid prediction result no change prediction result

1. Use the same heat source, such as a radiator or hot water bottle. Stress heat safety. Extension: ask: What could happen if stronger heat were used?

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Warm and cool

LOOK AND DO 1. What happens to each material when it is heated? Decide and write. a b c

chocolate

It is solid.

milk clay It is liquid. It is solid. It is soft.

solid 1. It becomes

hard

liquid 3. It becomes

2. It becomes

2. What happens to the chocolate when it cools? Circle. It becomes liquid / solid.

1. Ask students to research at home, and discuss answers in class. Show chocolate, and ask: Is it solid or liquid? Heat, observe and discuss. 2. Discuss what happens to chocolate when it cools.

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