KS1 Science textbook

Year 1 Science Properties of Materials: lesson and practice

  • Strand Everyday materials
  • Level Year 1
  • Practice 85 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 science, Year 1. Content: Describe simple properties: hard and soft, rough and smooth, shiny and dull, Describe simple properties: bendy, stiff and stretchy, Say whether a material is see-through or not see-through, Say whether a material is waterproof or absorbent, Compare and group materials by their properties, Choose a material for a job, using a simple test such as the waterproof test.

Open Year 1 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Describe how hard, rough, shiny, bendy or stretchy a material is
  • Say whether a material is see-through, waterproof or absorbent
  • Sort materials into groups by what they are like
  • Test a material in a simple, safe way and say what happened
  • Choose a material for a job by testing it first

You should already know

  • Objects and materials: the material that an object is made from (Chapter 7)
  • Names of everyday materials: wood, plastic, glass, metal, fabric, paper

Where this leads

  • Seasons and weather (Chapter 9)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 8.1 Hard and soft · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  2. 8.2 Rough and smooth · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  3. 8.3 Shiny and dull · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  4. 8.4 Bendy, stiff and stretchy · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  5. 8.5 See-through and not see-through · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  6. 8.6 Waterproof and absorbent: choosing for a job · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  7. Summary and key words
  8. Check-up and end-of-chapter quiz · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)

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