Science

Unit: Materials
Second Grade 2019
What can you see?
Properties of Materials

A property describes what a

material is like (looks like or
acts in different situations).
Describing Materials
To describe objects we talk
about the way materials look
or behave (act) in different
situations.
Properties of Materials
 Properties of Materials
transparent translucent opaque
Properties of Materials

Metal is strong, but paper is weak.

Properties of Materials

Rubber is flexible (it can be bent),

but Stone is rigid (it keeps its shape).
 Properties of Materials

Plastic is waterproof
(water cannot get Cotton is absorbent
through it, (it soaks up liquid),
Properties of materials
 Properties of materials

absorbent Non-absorbent

waterproof
Properties of materials
Properties of materials

rigid

flexible
 Properties of materials

dull
shiny
 Can you name the material?
Can you describe or name its properties?
 Material Properties

- Soft
- Light
COTTON - dull
- Absorbent
Material Properties

- hard
- Rigid
glass - Shiny
- Transparent
- Non-absorbent
Material Properties

- Hard
- Heavy
metal - Dull or shiny
- Rigid
- Opaque
- Non-absorbent
Material Properties

- soft
- Light
paper - dull
- flexible
- Opaque
- Absorbent or
Non-absorbent
Material Properties

- Hard or soft

plastic - Light or heavy

- Flexible or
Rigid

- Transparent or
Opaque

- Non-absorbent
 Material Properties

- Flexible
RUBBER
- Shiny or
dull

- Light

- Waterproof
?
Material Properties

- Hard

stone - Light or heavy

- Rigid

- Opaque

- Non-absorbent
?
Material Properties
- Hard

- Light or
wood
heavy

- Absorbent

- Rigid

- opaque
Let’s review!

OBJECTS PROPERTIES

MATERIALS
 Activity:
Can you name the properties of these
materials?”