Sorting Materials

Identify and record a range of ways of grouping and sorting different types of materials by their matching properties
Identify and record a range of ways of grouping and sorting different types of materials by their matching properties
Select materials and techniques to utilise when designing and making a range of instruments that can be used measure the local weather around the school
Review the design and materials used in the construction of instruments with movement mechanisms for measuring the weather
Select and shape range of materials to build different instruments that can be used to measure aspects of the weather such as wind speed and rainfall
Devise and complete a plan about how to build different instruments that incorporate movement mechanisms that can be used to measure the weather
Select and combine a range of different materials to build an anemometer that can be used to measure the strength of the wind in locations around the school
Select and describe success criteria that can be used for designing and making a range of instruments to measure different aspects of the weather
Explain and test how a range of instruments can be used to measure different types of weather such as rainfall and wind speed
Identify and illustrate how to change and convert the values of different fractions using equivalence, simplification and conversion between mixed and improper fractions
Compare and order a selection of fractions with a range of different denominators by identifying their lowest common multiples