Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Consider what buildings are made of and why. Generate questions about the absorbency of building materials.
• Devise an investigation to test a variety of materials for their absorbent property.
• Make predictions and to observe and record results.

Activities

1. Explore what buildings are made of and generate questions about the absorbency of building materials.
2. Consider and investigate the hypothesis "Hard materials cannot absorb water" and make predictions about different materials before testing them.
3. Make decisions about how to record the results of the investigation in a clear way for others to follow.

Investigation - observing over time, problem solving
Devise an investigation to test a variety of materials (plastics, metals, different types of wood and bricks) for their absorbent property.

Vocabulary
Material, properties, absorbency, waterproof, strong