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Sort everyday objects and materials by name, type and simple physical properties across four Year 1 science rounds. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Year 1 · Science
Objects And Materials
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Focus on choosing the right material for an object. Start with “Choose Different Materials to Make the Same Object”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 1 learners practise choosing the right material for an object.
The activities include Choose Different Materials to Make the Same Object, Choose the Correct Material, Choose the Material, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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Look, sort and test materials
Distinguish an object from its material, record observed properties, group real samples and use a small absorption test to explain a material choice. A small selection of materials and properties, not the full Year 1 materials curriculum. No material-origin or seasonal activity is claimed. Bending depends on the sample and shape. The water task explores absorption; it does not prove waterproofness.
7 pages · answers and adult guidance · selected skills, not the whole topic
Objects, materials and where they come from
Distinguish objects from materials, follow simplified source chains, compare made and naturally occurring examples, and explain a material choice. Partial activity-backed practice; appearance alone cannot identify coatings or composites, and source chains do not prove a complete manufacturing history.
7 pages · answers and adult guidance · selected skills, not the whole topic
Compare material properties and choose a use
Compare the printed samples by texture, flexibility and light transmission, then choose a material for a stated use. Partial activity-backed practice with safe adult-led observations; no universal material-property, product-safety or whole-topic mastery claim.
7 pages · answers and adult guidance · selected skills, not the whole topic
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- Choose Different Materials to Make the Same Object
- Choose the Correct Material
- Choose the Material
- Identify What Everyday Materials Are Made From
- Learn Whether Things Are Made From Plants Or Animals
- Practise Choosing the Correct Material
- Recognise What Everyday Objects Are Made Of
- Recognise whether Materials are Natural or Man-Made
- Think About which Materials Objects are Made of
- Understand the Reasons For Choosing Materials for Making an Object
- Understand whether an Object is Natural or Man-Made
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Everyday Materials | Year 1 Science Lesson
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Materials and their uses
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Everyday Objects And Materials
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Where materials come from
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Tp Sc 039 Planit Science Year 1 Everyday Materials Lesson 5 Umbrella Investigation Lesson Pack
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Everyday materials
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Everyday materials - KS1 Science
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Materials and their uses lesson slides
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Science: Everyday Materials: Properties of Materials Year 1 Lesson 3
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Where materials come from lesson slides
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Everyday Materials Fact Cards
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Everyday objects and materials lesson slides
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Science: Everyday Materials: Objects and Materials Year 1 Lesson 1
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Materials and their uses worksheet and quizzes
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Everyday objects and materials worksheet and quizzes
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