Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Examine fabrics and discuss the requirements of some clothes.
- Talk about how to test fabric's elasticity properties and make predictions.
- Consider these questions: What length is the fabric at the start? To what length does it need to stretch? What length does it return to?
Activities
- Look at a selection of fabric and understand why stretchy fabric is sometimes used in clothing.
- Investigate and explore the elasticity of fabric and make predictions.
- Begin to understand how to make a test fair and to record results in a bar chart.
Investigation - exploring, pattern seeking, problem solving
Talk about how to test fabric's elasticity properties, make predictions and devise an investigation based on attaching weights to the ends of strips of fabric.
Vocabulary
Shape, changed, twist/twisting, squash/squashing, bend/bending, stretch/stretching, material, properties