Activities in this teaching pack include an assessment test to assess understanding of the properties of different types of materials including their durability, opacity, strength and conductivity complete with a marking scheme and matching record sheet and a worksheet to help the children assess their own progress for the National Curriculum programmes of study about investigating and testing the properties of different types of materials.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to investigate and test the properties of different types of materials including durability, opacity, strength and conductivity. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.