Materials
What’s it made of? addresses the AC Science Understanding ACSSU003 Objects are made of materials that have observable properties, in the context of examining the materials used to make objects found in the school environment.
What’s it made of? provides students with hands-on opportunities to:
develop skills of observing, describing, comparing and communicatingexplore what things are made of in the school environmentdescribe the properties of the materials used to make objects found at schoolStudents apply their new learning by:
planning and conducting an investigation of materials for water resistanceusing data from the investigation to make a water-resistant outdoor object for the school environmentLinking science with literacy
In the Primary Connections approach, students are supported to create representations that draw on and strengthen their literacy development.In What’s it made of?, students represent and explain their understanding about how objects are made of materials that have observable properties, by creating these representations:
DrawingPicture mapData tableWord wall