Lesson Six – Waterproofing
This science teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and test some of the suitable materials that can be used to build the roof of a house to provide protection from the rain.
The class can explain how to build example roof tiles using different materials and test the models to see how well they might repel water and keep a family dry inside a house.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and test some of the suitable materials that can be used to build the roof of a house to provide protection from the rain
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe common materials that can be used to build parts of a house and a worksheet to test a selection of model roofs made from different materials for permeability to provide protection from rainfall.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to test suitable materials to build the roof of a house to provide protecting from the rain.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify, group and compare a variety of everyday materials used for a range of different functions on the basis of their physical properties. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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