Food prep materials challenge

All food prep areas need to meet health and safety standards as well as be made from the best (and hardest) materials around. Your job is to investigate and make recommendations for the right material options.

Science Objectives
i) Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, transparency, and conductivity (electrical and thermal).

ii) Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Record data and results of increasing complexity using tables and scatter graphs.
3. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.