Science 3rd grade | UNIT 5: Investigating materials 5.1 Properties of materials
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A property describes what a material is like.
Metal is strong but paper is weak.
Rubber is flexible (it can be bent) but stone is rigid (it keeps its shape).
Plastic is waterproof (water cannot get through it)
but cotton is absorbent (it soaks up liquid).
Activity 5.1 (A materials hunt)
You will need: some materials
Find some materials.
Look carefully and feel the materials.
What properties do they have?
Draw a table like this and write down the properties of the materials.
| Properties | Material |
| weak, flexible, smooth, absorbent | paper |
Describe the properties of a material to a partner.
Can they guess which material it is?
Questions
1) List as many different materials.
as you can.
2) Which material is:
a: silver, shiny and strong
b: transparent, smooth, rigid and weak?
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