1. The document describes the materials and properties of various everyday objects. It explains that a light bulb is made of glass and tungsten, a paperweight is made of limestone, a pressure cooker gasket is made of rubber, door hinges are made of metal, a cookie box is made of tin, an icon is painted on wood, earrings are silver, ice cubes are frozen water, a plane is made of plastic, and a drinking cup is made of stainless steel. It provides details on the composition and characteristics of each material.

1. Inquiry
Properties of Materials
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3. 1. Light Bulb
• A light bulb is made up of glass and has an electric wire
charge called tungsten though which the electricity is run.
• Glass is made by melting sand and is normally transparent
and can be made into many different shapes. Thick glass can
be strong, but thin glass will break very easily. Glass is used for
objects that need to be transparent such as windows and also
light bulbs and glasses. Tungsten has a very high melting
point, after carbon it has the second highest melting point of
all elements.

5. 2. Paperweight
• The paperweight at home is made of limestone.
• Limestone is a mineral that is rich in calcium. Limestone is
made of calcite or calcium carbonate. This mineral is usually
formed under the water of oceans, lakes, or seas from
organisms that live in the water, common all over the
Mediterranean and Europe. It is made up of the shells of
billions of little tiny sea snails whose fossils have fused
together over hundreds of years by the pressure from other
shells, water and sand, forming rocks. When the waters
receded over time, the limestone was visible on land.

7. 3. Pressure Cooker Gasket
• The gasket of the pressure cooker is made of rubber.
• Rubber can be either natural or synthetic (man made). It is
waterproof and is good for conducting heat. It is also resistant
to tearing. Some types of rubber are resistant to
oils, solvents, and other chemicals. Rubber is made into
articles as diverse as raincoats and sponges, bowling balls and
pillows, electrical insulation and erasers. People ride on
rubber tires and walk on rubber heels. Rubber is also used in
toys, balls, rafts, elastic bandages, adhesives and paints.

9. 4. Door Hinges
• Door hinges are made of metal.
• Metal come from rocks called ores. They are strong, hard and
shiny materials that can be hammered into different shapes
without breaking. Many metals are good conductors of heat
and electricity. Some metals are magnetic. Iron is the most
magnetic metal. Their properties make them useful for
objects such as cutlery, saucepans, cars and coins.

11. 5. Cookie Box
• My cookie box is made of tin.
• Tin is a malleable metal that is resistant to corrosion is found
in many alloys. It is mainly obtained from minerals.

13. 6. Orthodox Icon
• An icon is a religious painting often done on wood.
• Wood comes from trees. It is strong, flexible and long lasting.
Wood is used to make things such as furniture that need to be
strong and last a long time.

15. 7. Earrings
• My mother’s earrings are silver.
• Silver is a chemical element and is soft, shiny metal that is a
good conductor of electricity. It is a precious metal that has
been used for many years to make fine pieces of
jewelry, coins, utensils and various pieces of art. Now, silver is
also used in dentistry, electronics, photography, mirrors and in
a number of industrial applications that make use of its
unique properties.

17. 8. Ice Cubes
• Ice cubes are really frozen water.
• Water is made up of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen and
is essential for life.
• Water has three different states, liquid, solid and gas. The
word water usually refers to water in its liquid state. The solid
state of water is known as ice while the gas state of water is
known as steam or water vapor.

19. 9. Plane
• My plane is made of plastic.
• Plastics are materials that are not found naturally but are
made from chemicals.
• They are strong and waterproof, and can be made into any
shape or colour. Many plastics can be made transparent. They
are not magnetic and do not conduct heat or electricity.
Plastics are used to make all sorts of things such as plastic
bags, plastic bottles and toys.

21. 10. Drinking Cup
• We have a drinking cup at home that is made of stainless
steel.
• Stainless steel is a type of metal alloy. The components of
stainless steel are
iron, chromium, carbon, nickel, molybdenum and small
quantities of other metals. Stainless steel is a hard and strong
substance. Stainless steel is not a good conductor of heat and
electricity. Stainless steel possess high ductile strength. This
means it can be easily shaped or bent or drawn in the form of
wires. They are highly resistant to corrosion.

22. References
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/
material_properties/read1.shtml
• http: //www.historyforkids.org/learn/arts/limestone. html /
• www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/metals.html
• http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/arts/limestone.htm
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/botany
/rubber-info1.htm
• http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ti/Tin
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/metals/silver.html
• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/physical-properties-of-
stainless-steel.html