KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Everyday materials, where they learned to identify materials and describe their properties. In Uses of everyday materials, pupils will explore how different materials are suited for specific tasks based on their characteristics. This prepares them for the next unit, Introduction to states of matter and changing states, where they will learn about solids, liquids, and gases, deepening their understanding of how materials can change form under different conditions.

1. Materials and their uses
2. Suitable and unsuitable materials
3. Where materials come from
4. Absorbent materials
5. Stretchy materials
6. Changing shape: plan and do
7. Changing shape: review

• Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
• Identify and name a variety of everyday materials
• Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties