This science study sheet introduces materials for key stage 1 students. It defines materials as things that objects are made of, like paper, wood, fabric, metal, plastic and glass. It explores the properties of different materials, whether they float or sink in water, are hard or soft, and whether they are transparent and let light pass through or opaque and block light. Videos and games are provided to help students learn about material properties.

1. SCIENCE STUDY SHEET KEY STAGE 1 YEAR 1
UNIT 12 “MATERIALS”
-Things are made of different materials.
-There are lots of different types of materials.
-Paper, wood, fabric, metal, plastic and glass are all materials.
Paper Wood Metal Plastic
glass fabric
Is it waterproof? YES NO
plastic
metal
glass
fabric
wood
paper

2. Which material float and which material sink?
FLOATS SINKS
plastic
metal
glass
fabric
wood
paper
Properties of materials
-Materials have different properties
-They can be hard, soft, smooth or rough, bendy or rigid
HARD SOFT SMOOTH ROUGH BENDY RIGID

3. Transparent and opaque materials
-You can see through some materials
-Materials that you can see through are transparent
-Materials that you can’t see through are opaque
Transparent
Opaque
SONGS AND VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phFKBg51eNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOKr462HLc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRqfcW3M0Wo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4hv64gLto
GAMES
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/materialproperties.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sorting_using_mate_fs.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/material_properties/play/