IB PYP Grade 1 Science: Materials Worksheet - 1

About This Worksheet

This IB PYP Grade 1 Science worksheet helps children investigate materials and the properties that make materials useful for different purposes. Learners identify common materials and describe simple properties such as hardness, softness, flexibility and transparency.

What Children Will Practise

• Identify common materials
• Describe observable material properties
• Connect materials with the objects they are used to make
• Understand why certain materials are suitable for particular purposes
• Use simple scientific vocabulary to describe materials

Learning Focus

Materials, material properties, uses of materials, observation and classification.

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Collect or observe common objects made from different materials.
2. Discuss how each material looks and feels.
3. Complete the worksheet using observations.
4. Ask the learner why a particular material is useful for an object.
5. Review the answers and encourage scientific explanations.

Suitable for IB PYP Grade 1 Science, classroom activities, homework and home learning.