Summary
A short collection of Hero Elementary clips and a hands-on investigation from PBS LearningMedia, organized around the properties of materials. Children explore the variety of materials that make up the world and describe and sort them by properties like hard, soft, bendy, or smooth.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
These clips help us describe what materials are like.
- What words can you use to describe a material?
- How could you sort a pile of materials into groups?
- Which material would you pick to build something strong?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: material, property, hard, soft, sort.
Try it:
- Find three classroom objects and describe each material.
- Sort them into two groups and name your rule.