Material World resources

Students explain why metal is used to make cutlery, and describe a disadvantage of plastic cutlery.

Students explain why most of a saucepan is made of metal but has a handle made of wood.

Students list four properties of copper metal and state if each property is physical or chemical. Students then explain how copper sulfate solution can be separated.

Students decide whether four statements about particular nature of matter are true or false and then give a reason for their answer.

Students are provided with drawings of three methods to collect gases and the characteristics of four gases. Students match the gases with the method of collection that would need to be used.

Students decide if each of three sentences about solids, liquids, and gases is true or false and then give a reason for their answer.

Students are given information and a diagram about a drink bottle overflowing when it had been put into the freezer. Students are asked to explain why this happened and how they could prevent it.

Students identify the solids, liquids, and gases in three short passages.

Task: describe what would happen to four items of food when left in the sun. Assessment focus: change.

Explain how to test if a solution is an acid or not, and describe and explain what happens if rusty nails are put in an acid. Assessment focus: acid reactions.

Task: Using the given pH, classify 10 common substances as acidic, basic, or neutral. Assessment focus: knowledge of the pH scale

Students draw diagrams to show the particle arrangement in a solid, liquid, and a gas. Students then describe the differences in arrangement and movement of the particles for each of these states.

Using provided data students decide which of three liquids would freeze if placed in a freezer. Students explain what happens to particles when they freeze and how the level changes due to freezing.