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Year 2 · Science

Suitability For Purpose

Year 2 learners practise choosing the best material for the job.

The activities include Choose Suitable Materials to Make Everyday Objects, Choose Suitable Solid Materials, Choose the Best Material Based on its Properties, 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.

Activities covered

  • Choose Suitable Materials to Make Everyday Objects
  • Choose Suitable Solid Materials
  • Choose the Best Material Based on its Properties
  • Choose the Right Material
  • Compare Different Materials
  • Consider What Will Happen to Objects Based on the Material Used to Make Them
  • Decide What Material Has a Particular Property
  • Decide What Materials are Best for Different Objects
  • Identify a Material from its Properties
  • Identify and Compare Materials
  • Identify the Best Material for Objects in Different Situations
  • Identify the Mystery Material
  • Identify the Properties of Materials Using Scientific Terms
  • Identify Where Materials Come From
  • Identify Whether Materials are Natural or Man-made
  • Look at the Properties of Materials
  • Match Materials to Their Properties
  • Practise Identifying Materials from their Properties
  • Understand Properties of Different Materials
  • Understand What Different Objects are Made of
  • Understand What Things are Made From
  • Understand Whether Materials are Transparent, Translucent or Opaque
  • Understand Why We Choose Particular Materials

Checked learning resources

  • Suitable And Unsuitable Materials

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can compare how suitable materials are for different uses based on their properties. Different objects can be made from different materials. The material that an object is made from is usuall

  • Materials And Their Uses

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can explain why different objects are made from different materials depending on their use. A material is what an object is made from. Some common materials are wood, metal, plastic, glass, b

  • Where Materials Come From

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can explain where different materials come from and how some materials are less harmful to planet Earth. Humans live on a planet called Earth. Different materials come from different places.

  • Suitable And Unsuitable Materials lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can compare how suitable materials are for different uses based on their properties. Different objects can be made from different materials. The material that an object is made from is usuall

  • Suitable And Unsuitable Materials worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can compare how suitable materials are for different uses based on their properties. Different objects can be made from different materials. The material that an object is made from is usuall

  • Science: Uses of Everyday Materials: Investigating Suitability Year 2 Lesson 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 2 lesson presentation and activities compare material properties and choose suitable or unsuitable materials for everyday objects and purposes.

  • Materials And Their Uses lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can explain why different objects are made from different materials depending on their use. A material is what an object is made from. Some common materials are wood, metal, plastic, glass, b

  • Materials And Their Uses worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 KS1 science lesson. I can explain why different objects are made from different materials depending on their use. A material is what an object is made from. Some common materials are wood, metal, plastic, glass, b