As part of our science project we have been exploring materials. I made a collection of different things from around the house. We talked about what the word "material" means and the children freely explored the samples.
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| Exploring materials |
Lots of vocabulary came up straight away. I extended this by playing a feely bag game. The children had to use at least 3 words to describe the material in the bag before guessing what it was.
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| R feels inside the bag |
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| L feels inside the bag |
Next I asked the children to sort the materials into groups any way they wanted. They mainly focused on what type of material the item was made from but they also had a group of stretchy things. I had included some tricky items like foiled plastic.
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| Sorting materials into groups |
I gave them some preprepared vocabulary to label their groups with, encouraging them to read the words and discuss their meaning. The words are now on display in the project area.
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| Vocabulary labels added to the groups |
Soon we will be testing the properties of some of these materials. Check back soon.
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