Properties of materials - Music Festival Materials - Year 5

The annual Spring Music Festival launches in just over 2 months and you have been selected to form the ‘materials committee’. Do you know your thermal insulators from your thermal conductors? Can you find the best materials for take-out bags and drinks bottles? You will need to carry out an impressive array of tests to identify which materials are up to the job for a variety of festival needs. Roll your festival sleeves up… you’re going to need to get your hands dirty!

Includes 6 session plans & resources:

01 - Food prep materials challenge
02 - Keeping it hot... keeping it cold
03 - Food packaging challenge
04 - Cleaning team challenge
05 - Electrical health and safety
06 - Keeping the sound contained

Hamilton’s science scheme provides children with a broad but comprehensive experience of primary science that systematically covers all of the National Curriculum for England objectives. Each year group is split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. We present them in a recommended teaching order, but you may adapt this to fit your requirements. Working scientifically, investigations and meaningful outcomes are fully incorporated in each block.

Find out more: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/scites