Year 2 - Materials

LO:To identify the suitability of everyday materials.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

•  To identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses

Introduce your class to the material monsters and investigate what they might ‘eat’. This lesson brings lots of active and hands-on learning opportunities to ensure that your children develop accuracy in identifying different materials.

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LO: To compare the suitability of materials for different uses.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

•  To identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses.

Deepen your children’s understanding of the suitability of different materials for different objects in the context of your outdoor space by investigating real life objects. This lesson provides plenty of written evidence to take back into the classroom.

LO: To test whether materials are absorbent or not.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• To identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses 

This outdoor science investigation brings a real life context to understanding the suitability of different materials plus, it’s a lot of fun! This lesson will tick off plenty of working scientifically skills and deepen your children’s understanding of how materials respond to your outdoor environment.

LO: To find out how the shapes of solid objects can be changed.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• To find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. 

This outdoor lesson plan investigates bending, squashing, squeezing and stretching and takes the mess of it all outside to save you a long clean up. By the end of the lesson your children will have completed their own simple tests and recorded their results.

LO: To find out how the shapes of solid objects can be changed by bending and stretching.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• To find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by bending and stretching. 
• To identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses.

The main activity of this outdoor lesson is guaranteed to provide high levels of engagement with our activity idea which will leave you excited to deliver this lesson outside.