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# Naming Everyday Materials

Identify and name a variety of everyday materials including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock

Subject: Science · Area: Matter & Materials · Ages 5 to 6
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/naming-everyday-materials-mt_ZAJvTcroFO

## Ready when they can

- 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

## Lesson: Naming everyday materials

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.

*(drawing: These are the six materials we will name.)*

**Example.** A window is made of glass. Light passes through glass, so you can see outside.

**Example.** 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.

**Recap.** Six materials: wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock. Some objects mix two materials together.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Objects vs Materials](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/objects-vs-materials-mt_5r47Pvstyn)

## Opens up

- [Using Tools Safely](https://lightmysky.com/learn/design-and-technology/using-tools-safely-mt_8_IFOc79VA)
- [Magnetic Materials](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/magnetic-materials-mt_9NvuqZKNiV)
- [Describing Material Properties](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/describing-material-properties-mt_auVZZEuXjs)