Characteristics of Materials Kit

The mini Science kits provide the non-specialist teacher with the time and confidence to engage children in various practical activities. Each kit focuses on a particular Science unit of the QCA Guidelines for Key Stage 2 and contains user friendly components and teacher's guide. Each kit can be used with up to 3 children.

This kit covers lessons such as:

• What are the characteristics of materials?

• Which materials are hard wearing?

• Which fabric is the strongest?

• What are our clothes made of?

• What is hard?

• What effects how high a ball bounces?

• How much water do different papers absorb?

• What materials are flammable?