KS1 Everyday Materials Activity Pack

Explore everyday materials and their properties with this ready-to-use KS1 Science activity pack, featuring 40 illustrated challenge cards, 8 printable worksheets and 2 mini assessments, with teacher guidance and answers.

Designed for Year 1 and Year 2 (ages 5–7), this resource helps children identify and compare materials, describe their properties, choose suitable materials for different purposes and develop early scientific investigation skills.

What’s Included?

• 40 illustrated challenge cards for classroom discussion, observation, reasoning and simple investigations
• Objects and materials: identifying everyday materials, comparing objects and recognising different uses
• Material properties: exploring hard and soft, flexible and rigid, rough and smooth, transparent and opaque, absorbent and waterproof
• Choosing suitable materials: matching materials to everyday purposes and explaining choices
• Changing shapes and simple tests: squashing, bending, twisting, stretching, making predictions and fair comparisons
• 8 printable worksheets covering material identification, sorting, properties, practical testing and design choices
• 2 mini assessments to review children’s understanding
• Teacher guidance and safety advice, including suggested materials and practical preparation
• Teacher answers for all 40 challenges, worksheets and assessments

Ideal For

KS1 Science lessons, Year 1 Everyday Materials, Year 2 Uses of Everyday Materials, working scientifically, classroom discussions, small-group activities and independent practice.

Children can respond through speaking, pointing, drawing or short written answers, depending on the activity.

Files Included

• Editable 43-slide PowerPoint (.pptx) in 4:3 format, with 40 illustrated classroom challenges and individual answers in the speaker notes
• 30-page A4 portrait PDF (.pdf) containing four printable challenge cards per page, 8 worksheets, 2 mini assessments, teacher guidance and answers

The PDF is a separate printable companion resource, not a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.

KS1 | Years 1–2 | Ages 5–7