Objectives:         Students will be able to understand that materials are suitable for making a particular object because of their properties.

 

Teaching and learning sequence:

• Activate prior knowledge - everyday materials - what are they made of?

• Class discussion and revisit word wall of vocabulary - why are certain materials used for certain purposes?

• Story - The true story of the Three Little Pigs.

• Discuss - building materials - what worked, what didn’t, why?

• Group work - photo of object and students to predict what object is, what it made of and why  the materials used for that object (Worksheet 1).

• Discuss ideas - whole class.

• Watch video - First the Base, then the Frame.  Follow - Things to think about.

• Discuss video - materials, design and tools used.

• Individual work - Draw a picture of a house and label materials used.

• Reflection - recap of vocabulary, new learnings and understandings

   

 

Resources:

• Whiteboard / butchers paper, pens.

•  The true story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka.

• Selection of photos eg: grass huts, skyscraper buildings, bridges, shopping bags, umbrellas, ugg boots, etc.

• Worksheet 1

• IWB & video:  http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1662172/first-the-base-then-the-frame

 

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