Curriculum links
Overview
This activity links to the following areas of the National Curriculum for Science:
Key Stage 2:
- Grouping and classifying materials.
- Finding useful materials.
- Properties of materials.
- Choosing materials for a purpose.
- Testing properties of materials.
Key Stage 3:
- Properties of materials.
- Choosing materials for a purpose.
- Testing properties of materials.
- Exploring how the creative application of scientific ideas can bring about technological developments and consequent changes in the way people think and behave.