Naming Everyday Materials
Identify and name a variety of everyday materials including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
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Naming Everyday Materials means spotting and naming wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock in real things. We will name each sample, match it to a label, then check a fresh object.
Materials: six household samples or photos (wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, rock) and name labels. Line them up; child names each, rematches three labels, then names the main material of one fresh room object. Done: fresh object named from the six (or an honest “I’m not sure” with a try). Stop after that check.
Distinguish an object's name from its material and examine mixed-material objects.
Distinguish an object's name from its material and examine mixed-material objects.
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Name wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock in everyday objects.
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States of Matter: Basics
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Check understanding
- 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
“Can your child look around a room and correctly name the materials things are made of — like glass in the window, metal in the radiator, and plastic in a pen?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Matter & Materials
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
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