Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe a range of common materials used to make household objects, a set of cards to sort objects into matching material groups and a template to select and record materials that have been used to make a range of different household objects.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to sort a selection of common materials into different groups according to their matching properties.

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.