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Grouping Materials
PROCEDURALCompare and group everyday materials based on their simple physical properties
Mastery Evidence
- Sort a set of materials into groups based on a chosen property (e.g. transparent vs opaque)
- Compare two materials and state which properties they share and which differ
- Explain the reasoning behind a grouping decision using property vocabulary
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] sort a pile of objects into groups based on their properties, like all the waterproof ones together or all the transparent ones?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Y1.Sci.EM.4The national curriculum in EnglandCompare and group everyday materials
compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties
Science · Key Stage 1
Prerequisites1
- Describing Material PropertieshardAges 5—6
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- States of Matter Vocabulary soft
Describing physical properties of materials uses solid/liquid/gas vocabulary introduced in the states of matter LANGUAGE node
Unlocks4
- Properties of materialssoftAges 7—8
- Choosing the Right MaterialhardAges 6—8
- Solids, Liquids & GaseshardAges 8—9
- Classifying MaterialshardAges 7—8