Food Can Science
The properties of materials and using these in a responsible manner.
Lesson 3 - Where do materials come from?
A sorting activity in which children organise materials by source into
those which are finite and those which are renewable.
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Activity Sheet 2
Learning Objectives:
- To know in simple terms the origins of some common materials.
- To create
and use a simple key.
- To begin to know in simple terms that some
materials are finite and others are renewable.
- To know some of the reasons why materials should be recycled.
Resources:
- Photocopy of Activity Sheet 2 for each child.
- Enlarged copy of the Activity
Sheet 2 drawn on a chalkboard/flipchart.
- Containers made from
different materials used in Lesson 1
- A copy of the Highway Code
or similar resource that shows road signs.
- A piece of wood, plus
any other raw materials you can acquire. e.g. fleece from sheep,
mineral ores, clay, sand, salt etc.
- Pencils, rubbers and coloured
pencils.
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