Uses of Everyday Materials · Physical Science

Changing Shapes

Investigating how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching.

Key Questions

  1. 1Which materials can change shape and go back again?
  2. 2How does twisting a material change how it feels?
  3. 3Why can we stretch a rubber band but not a ruler?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS1: Science - Uses of Everyday Materials
Year: Year 2
Subject: Science
Unit: Uses of Everyday Materials
Period: Physical Science

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