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Everyday Materials

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Everyday Materials Worksheets
What Does This Pack Include?
This pack has been created by teachers, for teachers. In it, you’ll find high quality Activity Sheets, their answer sheets
and a selection of ThinkIts to support your students to develop their knowledge about the everyday materials that
surround them.

To go directly to the content, simply click on the title in the index below:

HARDWARE STORE:
Learning Objective:
Everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, • Activity Sheet with Answers
plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.

SPLISH SPLASH:
Learning Objective:
• Activity Sheet
Everyday materials
• Activity Sheet with Answers
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.

TREASURE HUNT:
Learning Objective:
• Activity Sheet
Everyday materials
• Activity Sheet with Answers
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.

BITS AND PIECES:

Learning Objective:
Everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the • Activity Sheet with Answers
basis of their simple physical properties.

PICK AND MIX:

Learning Objective:
Everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the • Activity Sheet with Answers
basis of their simple physical properties.

PICNIC STOP:
Learning Objective:
Everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the • Activity Sheet with Answers
basis of their simple physical properties.

ROCK AND ROLL:

Learning Objective:
Everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the • Activity Sheet with Answers
basis of their simple physical properties.

METAL MATTERS:
Learning Objective:
• ThinkIt Question
Everyday materials
• ThinkIt Answer
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.

SAME SAME:
Learning Objective:
• ThinkIt Question
Everyday materials
• ThinkIt Answer
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.

GRANNY’S HOUSE:
Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• Activity Sheet
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• Activity Sheet with Answers
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

GRANNY’S HOUSE:
Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• Activity Sheet
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• Activity Sheet with Answers
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

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Everyday Materials Worksheets (Continued)
HARDWARE STORE:
Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• Activity Sheet
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• Activity Sheet with Answers
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

JUNKYARD:
Learning Objective:
• Activity Sheet
Working scientifically
• Activity Sheet with Answers
Identifying and classifying.

MINE FOR DIAMONDS:

Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• Activity Sheet
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• Activity Sheet with Answers
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

WILL IT BEND?:
Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials • Activity Sheet
Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials • Activity Sheet with Answers
can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

MAKING THINGS WITH MATERIALS:

Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• ThinkIt Question
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• ThinkIt Answer
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

WHY USE PLASTIC?:

Learning Objective:
Uses of everyday materials
• ThinkIt Question
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials,
• ThinkIt Answer
including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard
for particular uses.

Other Resources Linking to the Theme

Before deciding what to include in your lesson, check out our online content relating to everyday materials. It’s simple
to find, just enter the Content ID number into EducationCity’s Search Content tool!

Topic Tools: Activities: Learn Screens:

Explore Concepts as a Class Educational Content Introduce or Reinforce a New Concept

Sorting by Properties - Content ID: 13479 Hardware Store - Content ID: 527 Bits and Bobs - Content ID: 13377

Use the Carroll diagrams to sort objects based Identify objects made out of paper, fabric, metal, Look at common objects with your class and
on the chosen criteria. It’s a great class activity! clay and glass with our interactive Activity. see what materials they are typically made
from with this Learn Screen.

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Hardware Store

Ed City Times
Happy Chappy

Newspaper

cardigan window
Hardware Store

Ed City Times
Happy Chappy

Newspaper

cardigan window
Splish Splash
Splish Splash
Hardware Store

Ed City Times
Happy Chappy

Newspaper

cardigan window
Treasure Hunt
Bits and Pieces
Bits and Pieces
Pick and Mix
Pick and Mix
Picnic Stop
Picnic Stop
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll
Granny's House
Granny's House
Granny's House
Granny's House
 Hardware Store

Here is Manu in his hardware store.

Use the words in the boxes below to label the objects correctly.
One has been done for you.

Ed City Times
Happy Chappy

cardigan
 Hardware Store

Here is Manu in his hardware store.

Use the words in the boxes below to label the objects correctly.
One has been done for you.

Ed City Times
Happy Chappy

cardigan
Junkyard

soft

envelope

stone
Junkyard

soft

envelope

stone
Mine for Diamonds
Mine for Diamonds
 Will it Bend?

Using the tables and cut-outs provided (see Resource Sheets), sort the objects into the tables.
Then, look at the tables and use them to help you answer the following questions.

What differences are there between the objects that bend easily and
the objects that do not bend easily?

What differences are there between the objects that twist easily and
the objects that do not twist easily?

Can you describe any similarities between the two tables?

Is there anything interesting about some of the objects?

Will it Bend?

A stone Modelling clay Eraser

Sponge Elastic band String

Ball Plastic straw Metal spoon

Block of wood A key A toilet roll

A sheet of A tube of
toilet roll A brick toothpaste
Will it Bend?

objects that will bend easily objects that will not bend easily
Will it Bend?

objects that will twist easily objects that will not twist easily
 Will it Bend?

Using the tables and cut-outs provided (see Resource Sheets), sort the objects into the tables.
Then, look at the tables and use them to help you answer the following questions.

What differences are there between the objects that bend easily and
the objects that do not bend easily?
Some of those that bend are flatter or thinner. Those that can’t be bent are thicker.

Some of those that bend are softer. Those that can’t bend are hard.

Some of those that bend can be squashed. Those that can’t be bent, can’t be squashed.

What differences are there between the objects that twist easily and
the objects that do not twist easily?
Some of the objects that twist are flatter or thinner. Those objects that can’t be twisted are

thicker objects.

Some of the objects that twist are softer. Those that can’t be twisted are hard.

Some of the objects that twist can be squashed. Those that can’t be twisted, can’t be squashed.

Can you describe any similarities between the two tables?

Nearly all of the objects that can be bent can also be twisted.

The objects that can be bent have similar properties to those that can be twisted.

Is there anything interesting about some of the objects?

A plastic straw can bend easily, but can’t twist easily as

it bends before it twists. It can only be made into a

twisted shape by bending it several times.

Toilet paper acts differently when it is made into a roll.

It becomes harder to bend and twist.

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