Find out about the properties of materials with these links to free to use interactive activities.
Grouping Materials Text
This database lets you find out about the properties of various common materials. It can be explored in several ways to allow you to group materials by a single property - such as those that conduct electricity - or by several different properties.
Materials 1 Interactive
Label words are simply dragged and dropped into the correct place in the picture. When all words have been placed the user clicks on the check button to get feedback on their selection.
Materials 2 Interactive
The materials sorting and labelling application is a simple to use science vocabulary exercise. Label words are simply dragged and dropped into the correct place in the picture.
Materials Worksheet Printable
A set of ten worksheets in pdf or word format to test knowledge of materials.
Mission Materials Interactive
Use your skills to pick materials which have the correct property off the moving conveyor belt! Three level to choose from.
Solids, Liquids, Gases Interactive
Cartoon animations explain in simple terms why different materials have different properties and how they change on heating and cooling. Other animations cover separating solids from liquids and show what happens to a solid when it dissolves in a liquid.
Sorting Materials Interactive
BBC interactive experiment in sorting and testing materials with a quiz.
