Material Properties Matching

Year 5 ScienceProperties and Changes of Materials4 pages

About this worksheet

Three matching sets on materials make up this Year 5 science worksheet. Page 1 is a quick start: pupils join transparent, absorbent, waterproof and flexible to photos of a sponge, a garden hose, a window and wellies. Page 2 pairs seven terms, such as translucent, insoluble and thermal insulator, with their scientific meanings. Page 3 moves into a kitchen, where pupils match a copper pan base, a diamond tile cutter and four other design choices to the reason for each. It is written for the England National Curriculum, and the answer page includes a model answer for the final written question.

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Material Properties Matching: Properties and Changes of Materials - page 1

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Material Properties Matching: Properties and Changes of Materials - page 3

Curriculum objectives covered

Properties and changes of materials

“Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets”

Page 2 covers solubility, transparency and both kinds of conductivity. Page 3 adds hardness (the diamond tip) and response to magnets (the fridge door seal).

Properties and changes of materials

“Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic”

Partial. Page 3 asks for reasons for the copper base, wooden handle and plastic wire coating, but the sheet does not include a test.

What's inside this worksheet

Properties and Uses of Materials

Pupils join four property words to four photos. The bath sponge is absorbent and the bending hose is flexible.

Scientific meanings

Pupils write a letter beside seven terms, from translucent to electrical conductor. Translucent (D) is done for them as an example.

Kitchen engineering

Pupils match six design choices, such as a wooden saucepan handle and polystyrene in a cool box, to reasons. Question 7 asks why the copper base and wooden handle need opposite properties.

Answers

The picture for each word, the letter strings for sets 2 and 3, and a model answer on thermal conductors and insulators.

How teachers use it

Test it first

Pass round a sponge, a length of hose and a welly before page 1, so pupils check the property and do not guess from the photo.

Saucepan prop

Hold up a real pan with a metal base and a plastic or wooden handle when the class reaches question 7.

Window test

Hold tracing paper, card and clear film up to the window. Pupils call out translucent, opaque or transparent for each one before page 2.

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