Year 3 & 4

Year 3

1. Watch the clip provided about materials and their properties.

2. Explore your home and find a range of different everyday objects and investigate the materials they are made of. Challenge yourself to find 10 or more. Here's some suggestions:

Rainboots, favourite toy, water bottle, pen, teddy bear, t-shirt, football, plate, cutlery, torch, rubber band, school bag etc...

3. Print off the template provided and tell me about some of these objects, what they are made of and why you think the object is made of this material. You can draw a picture of the object too, or take a photo and include it on the template.

4. You might like to quiz your Mum and Dad or brothers and sisters on what they think different objects are made of!

5. You can ask Mum or Dad to take photos of your work and email them through to me at sluke@hccs.sa.edu.au or bring it in when you return to school. Have fun!

Mrs Luke

Year 4

1. Watch the clips provided to find out more on Materials and their properties.

2. Now go on a search around your home and try and find as may different types of gloves as you can! Here are some examples:

Washing glove

Oven mitt

Motorbike glove

Woolen glove

Cotton glove

Leather glove

Gardening glove

3. Observe the properties of the different gloves you found and see if you can answer the following questions. You can record your answers in a writing book or on paper.

• What is the glove made of?

• Is it natural or processed?

• What might this glove be used for?

• Why do you think it is made of this material?

• What else could the glove be used for?

4. You can ask Mum or Dad to take a photo of your work and email them through to me at sluke@hccs.sa.edu.au or bring it in when you return to school. Have fun!

Mrs Luke