What material could I use to build a wall?

In this lesson, we will be discussing different materials and their properties. We will be analysing different objects and identifying the material's properties. We will be building and creating mini walls and using them in our experiment in the next lesson, 'Is the Wall I've Built Waterproof?'. If you would like to take part in this lesson you can choose to build all or 1 wall. You will need either playdough, hay or straw, twigs or lolly sticks, sugar cubes, plastic bricks, some glue or some sticky tape. If you do not have these things, don't worry because I will be conducting the experiment for you to see.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Which of these is a material?

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Q2.Which of these is a material?

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Q3.Which material is waterproof?

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Q4.Which material is waterproof?

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Q5.Everything is made up of materials. True or false?

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Q6.Everything is made up of materials. True or false?

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Which of these is a material?

1/6

Q2.Which of these is a material?

2/6

Q3.Which material is waterproof?

3/6

Q4.Which material is waterproof?

4/6

Q5.Everything is made up of materials. True or false?

5/6

Q6.Everything is made up of materials. True or false?

6/6

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What material could I use to build a wall?

Well done for working so hard today! It's time to complete our end of lesson quiz. This is your chance to show off all the wonderful learning you have done today. Let's see how much you have learnt.

Q1.What does waterproof mean?

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Q2.Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Height means how long something is.

2/3

Q3.Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Length means how tall something is.

3/3

This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text - please contact your teacher who should be able to help you with an audio description.

Unit quizzes are being retired in August 2023

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Quiz:

What material could I use to build a wall?

Well done for working so hard today! It's time to complete our end of lesson quiz. This is your chance to show off all the wonderful learning you have done today. Let's see how much you have learnt.

Q1.What does waterproof mean?

1/3

Q2.Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Height means how long something is.

2/3

Q3.Read the sentence. Is it true or false? Length means how tall something is.

3/3

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