Science - Year 5
Properties of Materials – Block 5PCM
Music Fesitval
Materials
Session 6
Resource Pack
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Some suggested properties of materials to consider for ear defenders
Key properties to consider:
• Strength/toughness
• Hardness
• Acoustic absorption
• Flexibility
• Brittleness
• Absorbency
• Weight
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Other considerations:
• Aesthetics (colour, etc.)
• Cost
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Ear defenders
Sticky-note investigations (after Goldsworthy and Feasy, 1997)
Place filled in sticky-notes on the blank boxes to help organise thoughts - the sticky-notes can be
moved as the investigation plan progresses
Enquiry question:
VARIABLES
Thing I could change/vary
Thing I could observe or measure
I will change
Ensuring my test is fair
I will observe
I will keep these things the same
The materials that
I think will fulfil
the success criteria
for this test
The materials that
I think will not
fulfil the success
criteria for this
test
Predicting
Results and patterns
Material
What I observed
Results and patterns
Material
What I observed
I can statements
Properties of materials:
• I can group and re-group materials according to specific properties
• I can link a material’s properties to possible uses
• I can suggest possible properties needed to fulfil an intended use
• I can explain why one material is better than another, based on properties
• I can justify my choices of material for particular uses in terms of material
properties. I am accurate and consistent in this
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Working scientifically:
• I can suggest enquiry questions and plan scientific enquiries to answer them
• I can decide what observations and measurements to make
• I can identify and control variables where necessary (I can make tests fair)
• I can use scientific language
• I can use a range of scientific equipment accurately and effectively
• I can take repeat readings when appropriate
• I can decide how to record data and results using tables,
scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
• I can use test results to make predictions
• I can report and present findings using writing (reports) and
speaking (presentations)
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