Year 1 – Science

Science – Materials

In science this half term, we have been learning all about everyday materials and their properties. We began the topic by collecting a range of materials, and discussed as a class, what they looked like, felt like, and some of their properties. We then developed our scientific knowledge further by discussing the difference between an object and a material. We went on a hunt around the school to find different objects, and talked about which was the most common material. Our findings showed that lots of the objects throughout school are made out of plastic and metal! We think that this is because they are strong, so they won’t break easily, and they’ll last a long time. 

We have conducted a number of teacher and child led experiments throughout the half term, including a test to see which material would be the best for an umbrella and which material is the most flexible. Our favourite experiment, though, was an observation over time. We buried different materials deep in our allotments, and made a prediction as to what we thought was going to happen to the materials after being left in the soil for a week. Some of our predictions really impressed Miss Naughton, and some of them were even correct!