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Understanding Materials and Their Uses

Students explore why materials such as wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, rubber, cotton, and bricks are chosen for specific jobs.

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Students explore why materials such as wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, rubber, cotton, and bricks are chosen for specific jobs. Reading passages, questions, word banks, and material mystery clues provide practice identifying properties and explaining their uses.

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What you’ll teach

Clear goals. Useful learning.

  • Students will identify properties of common materials.
  • Students will explain why a material is suitable for a specific job.
  • Students will connect material properties to everyday objects.
  • Students will use descriptive vocabulary to compare materials.