Weekly lesson plan

Year 4 Teacher: Mr Blakeston Term: Summer 2nd HT Topic: Science, Characteristics of materials

Learning Key Teaching Pupil Activities SEN/G&T Resources Assessment

Objective Vocabulary

Review Characteristics Show the class a Give the children a selection of SEN children Selection of Venn diagram
1 children’s Properties selection of everyday everyday materials and objects. to have everyday
knowledge of Wood objects and ask them to Ask them to sort them into pictures of the objects.
materials and Metal sort the objects. groups according to their own different
their Plastic criteria. objects with a
properties. Fabric Get the table groups to limited
Paper discuss how they sorted Children to have pictures of the selection.
Glass their objects. different items and to use a Venn
Rock diagram to sort the objects.
Clay What do they think the
title of the topic could Mind map as many materials as
be? possible. Then watch Simple
science video on materials.

To identify a Characteristics Ask children to do a Ask children to say how they LA children to Material sheet Homework for
2 range of Properties survey around the school know or what helped them to work with an 001 children to list
common Wood of materials that have decide that a particular object is adult to materials in one
materials and Metal been used for particular made of a particular material. Ask support them of their rooms
that the same Plastic purposes eg wood for children to explain their with filling out in their house
material is used Fabric floors, plastic for classification of ‘difficult’ the info sheet. and what they
to make Paper guttering, metal for objects eg plastic with a wood are used for.
different Glass door handles, plastic for grain.
objects. Rock electric sockets, gold
Clay for rings. The term ‘plastic’ includes a variety of
materials eg polythene, nylon, PVC.
 To recognise Materials Recap with the class some Children to use laptops to Material details Laptops Completed
3 properties such Properties different materials and investigate the properties of for SEN Material World sheet on
as hardness, Waterproof record on the flip chart. different materials. BBC children. sheet. material
strength and Flexible Discuss with the class the Characteristics of materials web Material details properties’.
flexibility and Strong term properties. page. Children to fill in the for SEN
compare Transparent Get the children to list information sheet as to the children. Print out of
materials in some of the properties of properties of the materials and quiz results.
terms of these materials. (See Key words). what each material is used for.
properties. Record these words on the
flip chart. Children to answer the quiz
Show the children the web questions on the web site and to
page Characteristics of print off their results.
Materials BBC.

That materials Materials Show the children three Show the class the IWB file Support IWB files Drawings and
4 are suitable for Properties bottles; one made from bikes and jeans and discuss why children with Espresso files. annotations of
making a Waterproof metal, one glass and one the materials are used. their drawings their objects.
particular object Flexible plastic. Ask them what the of materials
because of their Strong purpose of the object is. So Children to draw an object that and details of
properties and Transparent why are they made from uses more than two different the materials.
that some different materials. materials and to annotate stating
properties are Show the class the IWB why the different materials are
more important file ‘Characteristics of used.
than others materials’.
when deciding
what to use.
 To obtain Materials Children start off activity with Ask children, how they LA children to Materials Completed
5 evidence to test Properties question answer cards Follow would find out what work with Carrier bags Record sheets.
scientific ideas. Waterproof instructions card on activity. materials would be teacher testing weights
Flexible suitable for a floor various Torches LA drawings of
To plan and carry Strong Ask the children, Why they would covering for a kitchen or materials as to Record sheets objects in the
out a test safely. Transparent say that paper towels were good lounge or sports hall or the correct group.
for mopping up spills or how they what material would be transparency,
To decide knew wood is hard. good for a board game. absorption,
whether the test What apparatus they flexibility and
was fair. On the flip chart have the words; would use to conduct strength,
transparent, opaque, translucent, their test. recording
non-porous, absorbent, flexible, findings in a
ridged, heavy, light, stretchy HA Supermarket bag test sheet.
(dynamic), static.
MA children to test the
transparency of materials

To plan a test to Materials Ask children how they could find Show the children an LA children to Materials Completed
6 compare the Properties out which paper is best for enlarged copy of the test work with Pipettes Record sheet.
absorbency of Waterproof mopping up spills. Question them to sheet on the flip chart. teacher.
different papers, Absorb find out what they mean by ‘best’
deciding what Absorption and how they are going to make To test the absorption of
evidence to Porous this test fair eg by using the same materials using the record
collect, Non porous sized piece of paper or towel or by sheet and pipettes.
considering what using the same amount of water
to change, what and seeing how much paper or towel
to keep the same is needed.
and what to
measure. Remind children of the Simple
Science Video we watch in the first
To make lesson. Re watch if needed.
comparisons and
draw conclusions.
 To plan how to Materials Show the class the first Children to have a selection of LA children to Children to Completed
7 find out which Properties part of Bungee jumpers different fabrics, weights, strips have additional have a selection Record sheet.
piece of fabric Flexible from Spell bound Science. of wood, picture pins, and rulers. support from of different
is most Stretch Then explain to the class the teacher. fabrics,
stretchy, (dynamic) that they are going to Children to test the degree of weights, strips
making a fair Static find out what material stretch of each material. of wood,
comparison. Strong (fabric) is going to be picture pins,
To decide what Ridged best to help Action man or Go through how a test could be and rulers.
to change, what One direction doll do a set up taking children’s
to keep the bungee jump. suggestions. Remind them of a
same and what Show the class two types fair test. How could they keep it
to measure. of rope and explain that a fair test?
To make although they are both
careful used for climbing, one is Show the children how to set up
measurements used for abseiling and the the experiment.
of length, to other for actual climbing,
present why? Get the children to Children to conduct the test
measurements test the two ropes of using the record sheet to monitor
as a bar chart equal length to see how their findings.
and to draw much they stretch.
conclusions.

Review learning Materials Characteristics, Properties, Children to complete the end of N/A Mini SATs Mini SATs
8 on Wood, Metal , Plastic, Fabric, Paper, Glass, topic mini SATs test Additional
Characteristics Rock, Clay, Waterproof, Flexible, Strong support with
of materials. ,Transparent Crossword and word search after word search.
finishing the mini SATs test on
the subject.