Material World resources

Students interpret a table of data in order to answer four questions on the properties of five different types of paper.

Students decide on the variables that will make an experiment about boiling water a fair test. Assessment focus: Recognising multiple variables.

Task: Describe what happens to ice in a glass of water, giving reasons, and explain where water forming on the outside of the glass comes from. Assessment focus: changes of state.

Students label six diagrams as an element, compound, or mixture.

For this practical task students follow a plan to determine the effects of a weak acid on different building materials. Students need to put their results into a table and write a conclusion.

Students use information on the properties of five different drinks in order to place them correctly into a key.

Students use a table of some substances and their pHs to answer four questions.

This practical task requires students to first plan how they could find out which liquid flows the best. Then they carry out their plan, record their results, and write a conclusion.