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The periodic table in pictures!
Great interactive website with printables too. Here
Recycling
Learn about materials through recycling. Plenty of great resources at the Recycle for Greater Manchester website here
Solving the plastic problem
What is plastic and how is it made?
This is a great video all teachers should watch.
(Also suitable for UKS2) Click here
Why is plastic a problem?
Teenager from Turkey creates bioplastic from banana skins
UK Student wins award for inventing MarinaTex, a bioplastic made from fish waste.
Other plastic solutions
Why recycle plastic?
Watch the video
Stories
Graphene
How to make your own graphene.
Use only a pencil and sticky tape.
Why it is important? Click here
See the great video below.
KS1 BBC Curious Cat
How different materials are made.
10 minutes programs. Click here
These are also on Class Clips.
Aerogels
Aerogels are a group of exciting new materials. They are incredibly light weight and make great thermal insulators. See photos. Here
Usbourne touchy feely books
are great for exploring properties of materials, especially texture.
A tractor made from cheese!
Click the photo for a larger image.
(This was a promotion by Lidl.)
Video
Video
A car made from cake!
Walking on custard
Its a non-newtonian fluid don't you know.
Graphene
Downloadable Resources
Downloadable Resources
SOLO Taxonomy Science Assessment Sheet - Year 5 Material Properties and Changes Part 1
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