Natural and Processed Materials

 

1.1 Students describe observable properties of familiar materials, including solids and liquids.

1.2 Students describe observable changes (including change of state) that occur in materials.

Observable properties:

·         visual — shape, colour; transparent, translucent, opaque

·         tactile — flexibility, rigidity, texture, shape, softness, hardness; liquid, solid, heavy, light

·         olfactory

·         taste

·         auditory — tone, volume

Familiar materials:

·         water, playdough, paper

·         food, plastics, wood

·         fabrics, metals, sand

Familiar materials:

·         eggs, pikelets

·         ice, water, steam

·         sugar, salt

·         playdough

Observable changes:

·         coagulates, cooks

·         melts, solidifies

·         evaporates, condenses, freezes, melts

·         dissolves

·         change of shape

·         change of sound

·         change of colour

·         change of texture

1.3 Students look for alternative ways that familiar materials can be used.

 

Familiar materials:

·         water, fabrics, glass

·         plastics, wood, paper, air

·         soap

Uses:

·         drinking, building, clothing

·         drawing on, cleaning

·         listening through or with

·         seeing through or with