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You can already tell an object from the material it is made from. Today we collect the names of six everyday materials.
One of these words is a material name. Which one?
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Naming Everyday Materials
Identify and name a variety of everyday materials including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
What a learner can do afterwards
- Name at least six everyday materials: wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock
- Identify the material of at least ten different objects around the home or classroom
- Recognise that some objects are made from more than one material
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You know that objects are different from materials. Learn six material names, and you can walk around your home and name what almost everything is made of. Wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock.
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A window is made of glass. Light passes through glass, so you can see outside.
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A pencil is not just wood. Its eraser band is metal. Two materials make one pencil.
You can often work out a material by looking at it and touching it. Metal feels cold and hard. Wood feels a little rough. Glass is easy to see through. Rock feels heavy and hard, and plastic feels light and smooth.
Materials come from somewhere. Wood comes from trees. Rock comes from the ground. Plastic is made by people in factories. Water falls from the sky as rain. When you name a material, you can often say where it came from too.
Six materials: wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock. Some objects mix two materials together.
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What are things made from?
Materials make up the things we use. You might find wood in a chair, plastic in a cup, glass in a window, and metal in a spoon. Water in a lake and rocks along a path are materials too. That makes six everyday materials.
One object can use several materials. Cars contain metal, plastic, rubber, and glass. A pencil with an eraser has graphite inside wood, plus rubber and metal. Which materials can you spot in your room?
Picking a material for a job
Glass lets you see through a window. For pans, choose metal that carries heat well. Strong metal also suits bridges. Tables and houses can use wood because it is strong and can be shaped easily. Plastic makes toys and bottles in many shapes without rusting. Hard rock helps buildings last a long time. Water flows and keeps living things alive. Choose a material by what the job needs.
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Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Learn first
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
Then practise
24 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.