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Unit 2D: Grouping and changing materials
General Links
Click here for support files for this unit.
Click here for the BBC material on this unit.
Click here for lots of useful links.
Click here for discovering materials.
Click here for a materials workbank.
1. Grouping materials
Click here for lesson plans on grouping materials.
Click here for a poster on materials and their properties.
Click here for a worksheet on observing materials.
Click here for lesson plans on sorting and grouping materials.
2. Where do materials come from?
Click here for ideas of teaching where materials come from.
Click here for information on made made and natural materials.
Click here for a worksheet and lesson plan on this topic.
Click here for a worksheet on this topic.
Click here for an interactive activity for the BBC.
3. Making a collage
Click here for ideas on how to make a collage using either natural or only made made materials.
Click here for lesson plans (see pre - trip lesson plan) for good ideas for a collage.
Click ere for a special Time to Teach worksheet on the subject.
Click here for more resources.
4. Changing shape
Click here for teaching ideas on changing shapes.
Click here for great teaching resources.
Click here for a worksheet on the topic.
Click here for a lesson plan on how far different types of ball bounce.
5. Changing by heating
Click here to see what happens to materials when they are heated.
Click here for ideas on making clay houses. Heat to harden.
Click here for lots of cake recipes - you could make a cake and discuss it needs heat to harden.
Click here for pictures on how to boil an egg.
Click here for a worksheet to describe what your class sees.
6. Melting ice
Click here for ideas about teaching melting ice - overview.
Click here for pictures of ice.
Click here for an interesting experiment melting ice.
Click here for a fun 'who can melt the ice cube first!' game.
7. Experimenting with melting ice
click here for ideas of experiments with melting ice.
Click here for ideas of melting ice.
Click here for quick melting lesson using snow.
Click here for simple insturction on melting ice.
Click here for lots of ideas on melting ice.
8. Recording observations
Click here for idea on recording melting experiment.
Click here for the Time to Teach worksheet on this.
Click here for lesson plan and worksheet on melting ice.
Click here for ice cube melting lessons (activity 8)
9. Changing by cooling
Click here for ideas about changing by cooling.
Click here for the worksheet for freezing water.
Click here for a lesson on freezing water.
Click here for lots of information on water.
10. Comparing materials
Click here for lessons on comparing materials.
Click here for comparing different liquids.
Click here for nice pictures of this topic.
Click here for lots of great worksheets and teaching ideas.
Click here for a chocolate experiment.
11. Water, steam and ice
Click here for experiments on steam, and water.
Click here for ideas of steam and wayrt for Grade 2.
Click here for a lesson plan of the steam as water in the water cycle.
Click here for lots of water ideas. Find steam on the page and see how to make rain!
12. Review
Click here for list of materials to sort.
Click here for the melting quiz.
Click here for BBC quiz.