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Choosing Suitable Materials
Aimed at primary learners, this resource provides a lesson which allows children to explore the properties of materials and decide how they may make them suitable or unsuitable for a particular purpose. Captivating educational films provide the basis for many discussions and activities. Teacher’s notes provide a detailed lesson plan which incorporates subject knowledge, classroom activities, film clips, possible misconceptions and questions which check understanding. The two short films highlight various everyday objects, discussing the properties of the materials from which they are made, and how chimps select and use different objects for different purposes based on their properties.
This resource has been provided by Tigtag and is part of the Tigtag World primary science collection.
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Choosing suitable materials (Video) 418.45 KB
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Classroom visuals (Image) 3.69 MB
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Materials cards (Activity sheet) 402.58 KB
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