may be beneficial are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including plants and animals give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics. Sc3 Materials and their Yr.3 No change properties Rocks Grouping and classifying Pupils should be taught to: materials compare and group together 1. Pupils should be taught: different kinds of rocks on to compare everyday the basis of their appearance materials and objects on the and simple physical basis of their material properties properties, including describe in simple terms how hardness, strength, flexibility fossils are formed when and magnetic behaviour, and things that have lived are to relate these properties to trapped within rock everyday uses of the recognise that soils are made materials from rocks and organic that some materials are matter. better thermal insulators Yr.4 than others States of matter that some materials are compare and group better electrical conductors materials together, according than others to whether they are solids, to describe and group rocks liquids or gases and soils on the basis of their observe that some materials characteristics, including change state when they are appearance, texture and heated or cooled, and permeability measure or research the to recognise differences temperature at which this between solids, liquids and happens in degrees Celsius gases, in terms of ease of (°C) flow and maintenance of identify the part played by shape and volume. evaporation and condensation in the water Changing materials cycle and associate the rate 2. Pupils should be taught: of evaporation with to describe changes that temperature. occur when materials are Yr.5 mixed [for example, adding Properties and changes of salt to water] materials Pupils should be taught to: to describe changes that occur when materials [for compare and group together example, water, clay, dough] everyday materials based on are heated or cooled evidence from comparative and fair tests, including their that temperature is a hardness, solubility, measure of how hot or cold transparency, conductivity things are (electrical and thermal), and about reversible changes, response to magnets including dissolving, melting,
may be beneficial are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including plants and animals give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics. Sc3 Materials and their properties Grouping and classifying materials 1. Pupils should be taught: to compare everyday materials and objects on the basis of their material properties, including hardness, strength, flexibility and magnetic behaviour, and to relate these properties to everyday uses of the materials that some materials are better thermal insulators than others that some materials are better electrical conductors than others to describe and group rocks and soils on the basis of their characteristics, including appearance, texture and permeability to recognise differences between solids, liquids and gases, in terms of ease of flow and maintenance of shape and volume. Changing materials 2. Pupils should be taught: to describe changes that occur when materials are mixed [for example, adding salt to water] to describe changes that occur when materials [for example, water, clay, dough] are heated or cooled that temperature is a measure of how hot or cold things are about reversible changes, including dissolving, melting, Yr.3 Rocks Pupils should be taught to: compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. Yr.4 States of matter compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature. Yr.5 Properties and changes of materials Pupils should be taught to: compare and group together everyday materials based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets No change