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Science · Grades 1–3

Materials and everyday changes

Describe hardness, flexibility, transparency and absorbency, rather than simply saying a material is good.

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Understand the idea

Compare properties

Describe hardness, flexibility, transparency and absorbency, rather than simply saying a material is good.

Name the change

A change in shape or state does not by itself establish that a new substance formed.

Examples and reasoning

A window lets you see clearly through it. Which property is described?

transparent

transparent

A towel takes up a spill. Which property is useful?

absorbent

absorbent

Check your understanding

  1. Which observation describes flexibility?

    1. The strip blocks light.
    2. The strip is red.
    3. The strip weighs 8 g.
    4. The strip bends without breaking.

  2. Which material property is most useful for the outside of a raincoat?

    1. resists water passing through
    2. breaks when folded
    3. dissolves in rain
    4. absorbs lots of water

  3. Water becomes ice. What happened?

    1. melting
    2. freezing
    3. evaporation
    4. condensation

  4. Ice becomes liquid water. What happened?

    1. melting
    2. condensation
    3. freezing
    4. magnetism

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. The strip bends without breaking.

    The strip bends without breaking.

  2. resists water passing through

    resists water passing through

  3. freezing

    freezing

  4. melting

    melting

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