Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Discuss, identify, label and record the materials they spot in the classroom.
• Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
• Sort the objects according to properties (what material is this made of? What is its useful property?).
• Consider the questions: What would the classroom be like if the tables were made of jelly? Or the chairs were chocolate? Why are certain materials used to make these items?

Activities

1. Understand that objects need to be distinguished from their materials.
2. Describe materials using scientific vocabulary.
3. Understand that objects are made from materials with properties and begin to describe those properties.

Investigation - sorting, classifying and identifying
Identify and name the materials found in the classroom, using the scientific words: wood, plastic, glass and metal.
Sort the objects according to their properties (what material is this made of? What is its useful property?).
Play Material Snap in pairs, placing an object each on the table and seeing if their properties are the same.

Vocabulary
Rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt, wood, metal, plastic, glass, rock, materials, properties