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One screen. The whole class.

Materials and changes

Materials and changes: Sort by properties → Choose a suitable material → Parts can be rearranged → Heating and cooling changes.

Learning goals

  • Classify materials using observable properties from a supplied test.
  • Compare test results against a stated design purpose.
  • Recognize different objects made from the same set of pieces.
  • Distinguish reversible examples from changes that cannot be reversed by cooling.

A suggested order, with freedom to open or replay any available activity. Played activities help teachers continue a sequence; they do not measure mastery.

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Before you begin

  • Grade1 structure/function, observations and evidence-based design.

One computer and a whiteboard or shared display. Pupils participate without accounts. The teacher sets the pace and can repeat or skip each activity.

  1. Sort by properties · Free

    Classify materials using observable properties from a supplied test.

  2. Choose a suitable material · Free

    Compare test results against a stated design purpose.

  3. Parts can be rearranged · Free

    Recognize different objects made from the same set of pieces.

  4. Heating and cooling changes · Free

    Distinguish reversible examples from changes that cannot be reversed by cooling.