Year 1

What material could I use to build a wall?

In this lesson, we will be discussing different materials and their properties. We will be analysing different objects and identifying the material's properties. We will be building and creating mini walls and using them in our experiment in the next lesson, 'Is the Wall I've Built Waterproof?'. If you would like to take part in this lesson you can choose to build all or 1 wall. You will need either playdough, hay or straw, twigs or lolly sticks, sugar cubes, plastic bricks, some glue or some sticky tape. If you do not have these things, don't worry because I will be conducting the experiment for you to see.

Year 1

What material could I use to build a wall?

In this lesson, we will be discussing different materials and their properties. We will be analysing different objects and identifying the material's properties. We will be building and creating mini walls and using them in our experiment in the next lesson, 'Is the Wall I've Built Waterproof?'. If you would like to take part in this lesson you can choose to build all or 1 wall. You will need either playdough, hay or straw, twigs or lolly sticks, sugar cubes, plastic bricks, some glue or some sticky tape. If you do not have these things, don't worry because I will be conducting the experiment for you to see.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Designing a waterproof wall
  2. Planning an experiment to test waterproofness

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6 Questions

Q1.
1) Which of these is a material?
Correct answer: Cotton
Pillow
Q2.
1) Which of these is a material?
Correct answer: Cotton
Pillow
Q3.
2) Which material is waterproof?
Paper
Correct answer: Plastic
Q4.
2) Which material is waterproof?
Paper
Correct answer: Plastic
Q5.
3) Everything is made up of materials. True or false?
False
Correct answer: True
Q6.
3) Everything is made up of materials. True or false?
False
Correct answer: True

3 Questions

Q1.
1) What does waterproof mean?
Able to soak up liquid easily
Correct answer: Keeps water out
Q2.
2) Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Height means how long something is.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
3) Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Length means how tall something is.
Correct answer: False
True