Task 2 :

Material

Function

Where used?

Name, model, manufacturer, photo

(preferably being used)?

Whats it used for?

Classroom/
lab?

Who uses
it? How
many can
use it?
Teacher/stude
nt age range /
IT specialist

Patterns

Students classify
these patterns
according to the
shape, color or size in
order to compare the
differences between
each one of them.

Mostly in the
classroom

It is used by
students

When/How
often?
Every day,
sometimes in
class/lab?

Sometimes in
class

Best
Relevant to the
curriculum, usable for
the grade-level, safety

It is usable for grade

1 to 3. For sure it is
safe and it is not too
much relevant to
the curriculum.

Magnifying glass

Microscope

It is suitable for
observing and
checking things with
more clear vision. For
example, students
use it to magnify the
leaves of the plant.

In the lab

Grade 4 and
up students
use it
because
youngers
students may
break it.

Sometimes in the
lab. Only once a
week.

It is usable for grade

4 to 12. It is relevant
to each grade
curriculum because
most of the time
they need to
investigate about
something using this
material.

It has the same

function of
magnifying glass, but
it magnify smaller
things. It can show so
tiny little things such
as cell of a plant.

In the lab

Teacher and
students use
it.

They rarely use it

in the class.

It is safe and usable

for secondary and
high school
students.

Classification

In the
classroom

Students

Sometimes

It is safe

To measure the
volume of different
liquids

Most of the
time they use
it in the lab

Students and
the teacher
use it.

Sometimes

This material is
relevant to the
curriculum and
suitable for all of the
grades above grade
5

Wood, plastic and hard

paper

Beakers