Uses of Everyday Materials

Year 2 ScienceUses of Everyday Materials4 pages

About this worksheet

A four-page Year 2 science sheet in four sections, with an answer page. Pupils name the material in a tumbler, a spoon, a house wall and a ruler. They match pictures of a sponge, a rubber band, a towel and a ruler to squashing, stretching, twisting and bending. Two multiple-choice questions ask why windows are glass and saucepans are metal. The last section shows a paper umbrella and glass Wellington boots, and pupils explain why each one fails. It covers the England National Curriculum.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Uses of everyday materials

“Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.”

Section 2 covers all four actions with a sponge, a rubber band, a wet towel and a plastic ruler.

Uses of everyday materials

“Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses”

Sections 3 and 4 ask why glass, metal, paper and rubber do or do not suit a job. Brick and wood appear only in Section 1.

What's inside this worksheet

Section 1: Materials All Around Us

Four pictures and a word bank of wood, glass, metal, fabric and brick. Fabric is not needed.

Section 2: Changing Shapes

Four action pictures to match to bending, squashing, stretching and twisting, then a tick question on a playdough ball, a chair leg, a bath sponge and a coin.

Section 3: The Right Material for the Job

Two tick questions on why glass suits windows and metal suits saucepans.

Silly Materials

Pupils explain why a paper umbrella would not work in heavy rain and why Wellington boots are rubber or plastic, not glass.

How teachers use it

Hands-on first

Give pairs a sponge, an elastic band and a cloth to squash, stretch and twist before they start Section 2.

Soggy umbrella

Read question 5 aloud and let pupils act out walking home under a paper umbrella. Then they write the answer.

Design challenge

After the sheet, ask pupils to draw a silly object of their own, such as a chocolate teapot, and say why it fails.

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