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Properties of Materials Word Wall Vocabulary
Forty-eight properties of materials vocabulary cards.
Print out and display these word wall cards which describe the properties of materials.
There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.
Words include:
object, material, properties, fabric, texture, observe, bendy, bumpy, clear, cold, crinkly, dry, dull, flexible, floppy, fluffy, fragile, hard, heavy, light, lumpy, oval, patterned, pointy, rigid, rough, round, runny, scratchy, sharp, shiny, small, smooth, soft, soggy, spiky, spongy, sticky, stiff, stretchy, strong, thick, thin, transparent, warm, waterproof, weak, wet.
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- Science
The principal focus of science teaching in key stage 1 is to enable pupils to experience and observe phenomena, looking more closely at the natural and humanly-constructed world around them. They should be encouraged to be curious and ask questions a...
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