Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different solid materials by their matching properties and a table display card to support a scientific investigation into how to separate a range of solid materials into matching groups.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explain how they can identify a solid material from its matching properties and some of the techniques that they could use to separate a pair of mixed solid materials.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to explore, test and explain how a range of different materials can change their states between solids, liquids and gases by conducting a series of fair tests. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.