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  Unit 2  

2a: Health and growth 2b: Plants and animals in the local environment
2c: Variation 2d: Grouping and changing materials
2e: Forces and movement 2f: Using electricity

  Unit 2d:
Grouping and Changing Materials

Identify some naturally occurring materials; predict and describe how heating can change some materials into new and useful materials and state the dangers of hot water or naked flame; describe what happens to water when it is heated and cooled; record observations in tables and recognise when simple comparisons are unfair.

Teaching Activities

Direct2U Lesson Plan
Children use on-line resources and worksheets to develop their understanding of materials, their properties and uses.
forum.ngfl.gov.uk l worksheets l More worksheets

Word Processing
Exploring the properties of materials: what happens when different objects are put into a hot place. Use a word processor with a word bank to present information.

iconPhotographs of objects - Sebastian Swan website

icon Photographs showing melting (Fossweb.com)

Sorting Activity
Sequence pictures of melting objects in different stages.

Choose suitable materials for spoons
wsgfl2.westsussex.gov.uk

Direct2U Lesson Plan
Children will use a teacher-prepared branching database to sort a set of materials.
forum.ngfl.gov.uk

Look at natural and synthetic materials close up; observe e.g. clay, dry clay and fired clay. Take time lapse pictures of ice melting.
Use the microscope to look at ice and water.

Websites

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fossweb.com
Material Activities
www.cchs.co.uk
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