Year 2 · Science

Suitability For Purpose

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Focus on choosing the best material for the job. Start with “Choose Suitable Materials to Make Everyday Objects”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 2 learners practise choosing the best material for the job.

The activities include Choose Suitable Materials to Make Everyday Objects, Choose Suitable Solid Materials, Choose the Best Material Based on its Properties, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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Choose Suitable Materials to Make Everyday Objects
Choose Suitable Solid Materials
Choose the Best Material Based on its Properties
Choose the Right Material
Compare Different Materials
Consider What Will Happen to Objects Based on the Material Used to Make Them
Decide What Material Has a Particular Property
Decide What Materials are Best for Different Objects
Identify a Material from its Properties
Identify and Compare Materials
Identify the Best Material for Objects in Different Situations
Identify the Mystery Material
Identify the Properties of Materials Using Scientific Terms
Identify Where Materials Come From
Identify Whether Materials are Natural or Man-made
Look at the Properties of Materials
Match Materials to Their Properties
Practise Identifying Materials from their Properties
Understand Properties of Different Materials
Understand What Different Objects are Made of
Understand What Things are Made From
Understand Whether Materials are Transparent, Translucent or Opaque
Understand Why We Choose Particular Materials

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