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Materials - Common Materials

Explore everyday materials like wood, metal, plastic, glass, and fabric, and discover how their properties help us choose the right material for different objects.

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Fascinating Fact:

Metal is a common material, used for coins, keys, tins, and cutlery because it is strong and often shiny.

In KS1 Science, children learn to name common materials and spot their properties, such as hard, soft, bendy, rough, smooth, or see-through, so they can match materials to suitable uses.

Key Terms

Material: What an object is made from, such as wood, metal, plastic, or glass.
Property: A quality of a material, for example hard, soft, bendy, or waterproof.
Object: A thing we use that is made from one or more materials, like a chair or a spoon.

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What are common materials in KS1 Science?

In KS1 Science, common materials include wood, metal, plastic, glass, fabric, rock, water, and paper. Children learn to name these and compare how they look and feel.

How do I explain material properties to a KS1 child?

Use simple words and real objects. Ask children to test if something is hard, soft, bendy, rough, smooth, or waterproof, then match these properties to the best use.

Why is choosing the right material important?

Choosing the right material makes objects safe and useful. For example, windows are glass so we can see through them, and spoons are metal so they are strong and easy to clean.

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1 .

This material is made from trees. What is it?

Iron

Wood

Wool

Steel

Sawn wood is called timber

2 .

Gold, iron and copper are all types of _____.

Plastic

Rock

Metal

Wood

What other metals do you know?

3 .

What is the main material in this wall?

Brick

Wood

Plastic

Metal

Bricks are made from clay

4 .

You can rub things out with this material. What is it?

Paper

Rubber

Metal

Wood

Rubber is also used in car tyres

5 .

These are bottle tops. They are made from _______.

Wood

Glass

Stone

Plastic

Plastics can be shaped and moulded

6 .

What material is this bottle made from?

Metal

Rubber

Glass

Plastic

Glass is used in mirrors and in windows

7 .

You can sew with this material. What is it?

Cotton

Wool

Rubber

Leather

Cotton comes originally from a plant

8 .

You can knit with this material. What is it?

Cotton

Nylon

Plastic

Wool

Wool comes originally from sheep

9 .

This stone is made of ____.

Metal

Rock

Wood

Glass

Rocks form cliffs and mountains

10 .

These are beams used in building. What material are the beams made from?

Cardboard

Concrete

Plastic

Rubber

Concrete is made by mixing cement, water, sand and small stones

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Everyday materials

Author: David Bland (Former Physics Teacher, KS1 Science & Geography Quiz Writer)

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