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Consolidation Worksheet 1
What Are Living and Non-living Things?
Look at the things below. Cross out all the non-living things.

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Consolidation Worksheet 2
Where Do Materials Come From?
Fill in the words in the flowchart below.

The first word has been filled in for you.

Wool Cotton Metal Rubber Stone

Clay Silk Wood Leather

Natural materials

come from

Animals Plants The ground

Wool

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Consolidation Worksheet 3
How Do We Describe Materials?
What senses are used to make these observations?

Put an ‘S’ for ‘sight’ or ‘T’ for ‘touch’ in each circle.

Woollen socks are soft.

Spectacles are transparent.

Ropes are rough.

A ring is shiny.

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Consolidation Worksheet 4
How Can We Group Objects by
Their Properties?
Fill in the blanks below. Use the helping words. Each word can
only be used once.

soft waterproof transparent flexible

These objects are .

These objects are .

These objects are .

These objects are .

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Consolidation Worksheet 5
What Are the Properties of Some
Common Materials?
Circle the correct answers.

1. A rubber tyre is waterproof / not waterproof.

2. A wooden table is weak / strong.

3. A clay bowl breaks easily / does not break easily.

4. An iron nail is hard / soft.

5. A plastic straw is flexible / rigid.

6. A mirror is smooth / rough.

7. A glass marble is transparent / opaque.

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Fun and Unscramble the Words!

Games
Unscramble the words to find out what material is used to make
each object!

ODOW

ALSGS

EMALT

UBREBR

SPILTCA

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What Are Living and Non-living Things? Where Do Materials Come From?
Look at the things below. Cross out all the non-living things. Fill in the words in the flowchart below.

The first word has been filled in for you.

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Wool Cotton Metal Rubber Stone
Clay Silk Wood Leather

Natural materials

come from

Animals Plants The ground

Wool Cotton Metal

Silk Rubber Stone
Leather Wood Clay

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How Do We Describe Materials? How Can We Group Objects by
What senses are used to make these observations? Their Properties?
Fill in the blanks below. Use the helping words. Each word can

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Put an ‘S’ for ‘sight’ or ‘T’ for ‘touch’ in each circle. only be used once.

Woollen socks are soft. T soft waterproof transparent flexible

These objects are waterproof .

Spectacles are transparent. S

These objects are transparent .

Ropes are rough. T

These objects are soft .

A ring is shiny. S
These objects are flexible .

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Consolidation Worksheet Fun and Unscramble the Words!

5 Games
What Are the Properties of Some Unscramble the words to find out what material is used to make
Common Materials? each object!

Circle the correct answers.

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ODOW W O O D
1. A rubber tyre is waterproof / not waterproof.

2. A wooden table is weak / strong.

ALSGS G L A S S

3. A clay bowl breaks easily / does not break easily.

4. An iron nail is hard / soft. EMALT M E T A L

5. A plastic straw is flexible / rigid.

UBREBR R U B B E R
6. A mirror is smooth / rough.

7. A glass marble is transparent / opaque.

SPILTCA P L A S T I C

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Flexible Can be bent easily

Man-made Material that does not occur naturally

material

Natural material Material that comes from nature

Non-living thing Thing that is not alive

Opaque Does not allow light to pass through

Property Thing that describes a material

Stiff Cannot be bent easily

Transparent Allows light to pass through

Waterproof Does not allow water to pass through

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