Science Year 5 Changing Materials

Dissolve into your first Science Museum commission by investigating soluble and non-soluble materials. Develop your initial education pack contributions and link them to an exclusive Pinterest board by creating your own QR code.

Science Objectives
i) Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their solubility and response to magnets.

ii) Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution.

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 scientific diagrams and labels, tables and line graphs.
3. Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests.
4. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in written form.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the www offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use & combine software (including Internet services) to design and create content.

Explore an array of methods to separate mixed materials back into their constituent parts. Write up your user friendly experiments to include in your education pack and Pinterest page.

Science Objectives
i) Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their solubility and response to magnets.

ii) Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.

iii) Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating.

iv) Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests.
3. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in written forms.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the web offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use and combine software (including internet services) to design and create content.

Let’s hope it doesn’t get too hot in the kitchen as you investigate and explore the gourmet side to chemistry. Take an enquiry based approach to the science of baking bread and cakes, and explore the weird and wonderful world of eggs!

Science Objectives
i) Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Record results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels.
3. Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate.
4. Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests.
5. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in written forms.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the www offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use and combine software (including Internet services) to design and create content.

Some changes in materials can’t be reversed and they can produce new materials in the process. Immerse yourself in the world of oxidisation and observe how rust is formed and how apples spoil when cut open – can you prolong your apple’s shelf life or is it all looking brown?

Science Objectives
i) Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

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 scientific diagrams and labels, and tables.
3. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the www offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use and combine software (including internet services) to design and create content.

Learn about some chemists who have invented very useful new materials and have fun creating new materials. Find out about brand new materials that are still in the development phase of their life.

Science Objectives
i) Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
3. Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the www offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use and combine software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create content.

Extended Writing Opportunities
Biography: Research key information about some chemists who have invented very useful new materials and write short biographies for a class hall of fame.
Argument and debate: Take part in a balloon debate and argue why your particular materials chemist should survive the trip.

Get your colourful lab coats on and invite some potential ‘clients’ to try out your education pack - share your Pinterest page and show them your investigating eggs video. Is your Education pack ready for the Science Museum or does it still need a few ‘changes’?!

Science Objectives
i) Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their solubility and response to magnets.

ii) Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.

iii) Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating.

iv) Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes.

v) Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate.
3. Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
4. Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Other Curriculum Areas
Computing

• Understand the opportunities that the www offers for communication and collaboration. Select, use and combine software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design & create content.

Extended Writing Opportunities
Information text: Write a report of your methods and findings for the Science Museum