exploring materials wood paper cardboard

By the end of this unit, children will be able to:

  1. explore the properties and uses of materials such as wood, paper, and cardboard;
  2. conduct simple tests to understand the structure and characteristics of these materials;
  3. identify their suitability for various purposes.

What's Included

Year 2 Science: Uses of everyday materials

  • identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses;
  • find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

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