5th Grade Types Of Examine The Properties Of Natural And Made Materials Including Fibres, Metals, Glass And Plastics And Consider How These Properties Influence Their Use Lesson Plan

Topic: Examine the properties of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass and plastics and consider how these properties influence their use

Objectives & Outcomes

• Identify the properties of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass and plastics.
• Examine how the properties of natural and made materials influence their use.

Materials

• Examples of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass and plastics
• Handouts or worksheets with information about the properties of natural and made materials

Warm-Up

• Have students walk around the room and look at the materials in the room, asking them to think about what they are made of and how they are used.
• As a class, write a list of the materials in the room and their uses.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of natural and made materials and their properties, such as their colors, textures, and hardness.
• Using the handout with examples of natural and made materials, go through each one and discuss its properties and uses.
• Discuss the importance of considering the properties of materials when planning to use them in a project.

Guided Practice

• Distribute the extension activity worksheets and have students work in pairs to research and record information about two different natural or made materials they found in the examples provided.
• Go over the worksheets as a class and discuss the properties and uses of the materials the students chose.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose one of the natural or made materials they researched for the extension activity and create a poster or presentation showing the properties and uses of their chosen material. Encourage them to be creative and use their own words to describe the properties and uses rather than just quoting from the examples provided.

Closure

• Have students share their posters or presentations with the class. Discuss the different properties and uses of the materials and how they affect the use of the material.

Assessment

• Observe students during the investigation and class discussion activities to assess their understanding of the properties and uses of natural and made materials.
• Collect and review their posters or presentations for understanding of the properties and uses of the material chosen.