Year 5 Properties of Materials
Year 5 have been testing everyday materials and grouping them based on their transparency, hardness and magnetism. They also linked the properties of materials to their uses. The children carried out three different investigations. The first investigation included the class looking at everyday materials to test for transparency. The second investigation involved testing for hardness - each group were given a selection of everyday materials and used a paperclip to test for their hardness. The last investigation consisted of the children looking at different coins and using a magnet to test for magnetism. Both year 5 classes really enjoyed looking at the properties of everyday materials.