Materials and Their Properties
Children explore four everyday materials — wood, metal, plastic and fabric — describe them with words like hard, soft, bendy and…
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93 free chemical sciences resources. Materials, their properties and how they change. Typically taught from Foundation to Year 12.
Children explore four everyday materials — wood, metal, plastic and fabric — describe them with words like hard, soft, bendy and…
Children learn that some materials come from nature — wood from trees, wool from sheep, stone from the ground — and others, like plastic…
Children predict and test which everyday objects float or sink in water, learn that big things do not always sink and that shape can…
Children learn that pushing and pulling can change the shape of some materials — squashing play dough, bending a pipe cleaner, twisting a…
Children explore four everyday materials — wood, metal, plastic and fabric — describe them with words like hard, soft, bendy and…
Children learn that some materials come from nature — wood from trees, wool from sheep, stone from the ground — and others, like plastic…
Children predict and test which everyday objects float or sink in water, learn that big things do not always sink and that shape can…
Children learn that pushing and pulling can change the shape of some materials — squashing play dough, bending a pipe cleaner, twisting a…
Children explore four everyday materials — wood, metal, plastic and fabric — describe them with words like hard, soft, bendy and…
Children learn that some materials come from nature — wood from trees, wool from sheep, stone from the ground — and others, like plastic…
Children predict and test which everyday objects float or sink in water, learn that big things do not always sink and that shape can…
Children learn that pushing and pulling can change the shape of some materials — squashing play dough, bending a pipe cleaner, twisting a…
Children learn that materials can change when we bend, squash, stretch or twist them, when we mix them with water, and when they are…
Children learn that many objects are made from more than one material, each chosen for a job — like a pencil with a wooden case and a…
Children learn the difference between waterproof materials that keep water out and absorbent materials that soak water up, choose the…
Children learn that materials can change when we bend, squash, stretch or twist them, when we mix them with water, and when they are…
Children learn that many objects are made from more than one material, each chosen for a job — like a pencil with a wooden case and a…
Children learn the difference between waterproof materials that keep water out and absorbent materials that soak water up, choose the…
Children learn that materials can change when we bend, squash, stretch or twist them, when we mix them with water, and when they are…
Children learn that many objects are made from more than one material, each chosen for a job — like a pencil with a wooden case and a…
Children learn the difference between waterproof materials that keep water out and absorbent materials that soak water up, choose the…
Students learn how solids, liquids and gases behave, then explore how heating and cooling change materials from one state to another —…
Students learn that evaporation is liquid water turning into water vapour, explore how warmth, wind and spreading water out make things…
Students learn that some changes to materials can be reversed, like melting and freezing chocolate, while others make something new and…
Students learn how solids, liquids and gases behave, then explore how heating and cooling change materials from one state to another —…
Students learn that evaporation is liquid water turning into water vapour, explore how warmth, wind and spreading water out make things…
Students learn that some changes to materials can be reversed, like melting and freezing chocolate, while others make something new and…
Students learn how solids, liquids and gases behave, then explore how heating and cooling change materials from one state to another —…
Students learn that evaporation is liquid water turning into water vapor, explore how warmth, wind and spreading water out make things dry…
Students learn that some changes to materials can be reversed, like melting and freezing chocolate, while others make something new and…
Students describe materials by their properties — strong, flexible, waterproof, transparent, absorbent, conductor or insulator — explain…
Students describe materials by their properties — strong, flexible, waterproof, transparent, absorbent, conductor or insulator — explain…
Students describe materials by their properties — strong, flexible, waterproof, transparent, absorbent, conductor or insulator — explain…
Students learn the words solute, solvent and solution, sort substances as soluble or insoluble in water, find out what makes things…
Students use the idea that all matter is made of tiny particles to explain why solids keep their shape, liquids flow and take the shape of…
Students learn the words solute, solvent and solution, sort substances as soluble or insoluble in water, find out what makes things…
Students use the idea that all matter is made of tiny particles to explain why solids keep their shape, liquids flow and take the shape of…
Students learn the words solute, solvent and solution, sort substances as soluble or insoluble in water, find out what makes things…
Students use the idea that all matter is made of tiny particles to explain why solids keep their shape, liquids flow and take the shape of…
Students learn what makes a mixture different from a pure substance and how to choose a separation method from the properties of its…
Students learn the difference between pure substances and mixtures, classify substances as elements, compounds or mixtures, interpret…
Students learn the vocabulary of solutions (solute, solvent, soluble, insoluble, saturated, concentrated and dilute), explain dissolving…
Students learn what makes a mixture different from a pure substance and how to choose a separation method from the properties of its…
Students learn the difference between pure substances and mixtures, classify substances as elements, compounds or mixtures, interpret…
Students learn the vocabulary of solutions (solute, solvent, soluble, insoluble, saturated, concentrated and dilute), explain dissolving…
Students learn what makes a mixture different from a pure substance and how to choose a separation method from the properties of its…
Students learn the difference between pure substances and mixtures, classify substances as elements, compounds or mixtures, interpret…
Students learn the vocabulary of solutions (solute, solvent, soluble, insoluble, saturated, concentrated and dilute), explain dissolving…
A study guide to the particle model of matter: how the arrangement, spacing and movement of particles explain the properties of solids,…
Students learn the difference between a physical change, where no new substance forms, and a chemical change, where new substances are…
Students calculate density with D = m ÷ V, rearrange the formula to find mass or volume, and measure volume using length × width × height…
Students distinguish atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures, classify everyday substances and particle descriptions, and read…
A study guide to the particle model of matter: how the arrangement, spacing and movement of particles explain the properties of solids,…
Students learn the difference between a physical change, where no new substance forms, and a chemical change, where new substances are…
Students calculate density with D = m ÷ V, rearrange the formula to find mass or volume, and measure volume using length × width × height…
Students distinguish atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures, classify everyday substances and particle descriptions, and read…
A study guide to the particle model of matter: how the arrangement, spacing and movement of particles explain the properties of solids,…
Students learn the difference between a physical change, where no new substance forms, and a chemical change, where new substances are…
Students calculate density with D = m ÷ V, rearrange the formula to find mass or volume, and measure volume using length × width × height…
Students distinguish atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures, classify everyday substances and particle descriptions, and read…
Students describe the properties of acids and bases, use the pH scale to compare how acidic or basic substances are (including the tenfold…
Students learn the structure of the atom and the charge and relative mass of protons, neutrons and electrons. They use atomic number and…
Students classify reactions as exothermic or endothermic from temperature changes and everyday examples such as combustion, respiration,…
Students explain how the periodic table is arranged by atomic number into groups and periods, link an element's position to its electron…
Students describe the properties of acids and bases, use the pH scale to compare how acidic or basic substances are (including the tenfold…
Students learn the structure of the atom and the charge and relative mass of protons, neutrons and electrons. They use atomic number and…
Students classify reactions as exothermic or endothermic from temperature changes and everyday examples such as combustion, respiration,…
Students explain how the periodic table is arranged by atomic number into groups and periods, link an element's position to its electron…
Students describe the properties of acids and bases, use the pH scale to compare how acidic or basic substances are (including the tenfold…
Students learn the structure of the atom and the charge and relative mass of protons, neutrons and electrons. They use atomic number and…
Students classify reactions as exothermic or endothermic from temperature changes and everyday examples such as combustion, respiration,…
Students explain how the periodic table is arranged by atomic number into groups and periods, link an element's position to its electron…
Students identify reactants and products, write word equations and balance formula equations by counting atoms, using examples such as 2H₂…
Students use collision theory to explain how temperature, concentration, surface area and catalysts change the rate of a chemical…
Students use the reactivity series to predict how metals react with water and dilute acids and whether a displacement reaction will…
Students identify reactants and products, write word equations and balance formula equations by counting atoms, using examples such as 2H₂…
Students use collision theory to explain how temperature, concentration, surface area and catalysts change the rate of a chemical…
Students use the reactivity series to predict how metals react with water and dilute acids and whether a displacement reaction will…
Students identify reactants and products, write word equations and balance formula equations by counting atoms, using examples such as 2H₂…
Students use collision theory to explain how temperature, concentration, surface area and catalysts change the rate of a chemical…
Students use the reactivity series to predict how metals react with water and dilute acids and whether a displacement reaction will…