The Behaviour of Materials

The page provides many experiments and activities to investigate the changes in property of matter. (ACSSU003)

Kindergarten to Year 6 activities and teaching resources that investigates materials and their changing properties. ACSSU003

Brain Pop Jr. provides lesson ideas and activities addressing the changing state of matter including boiling water.

Marvel at the skills of the glassblowers as they turn sand into beautiful glass spheres. This video is one in a series of short films for children about how things are made.

An interactive Science experiment in which children can sort a variety of objects into groups according to the material each object is made from.

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Find out about the properties of materials with these links to free to use science interactive teaching resources and activities.

Kitchen science for kids. What will freeze first? Great idea that connects a student and liquids that they are likely to have experienced to their learning. The students can even choose which liquids to include in the experiment. Prediction and justification opportunities with this activity.