TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Get It Write
Students learn about the engineering design process by working in teams to design and build a pen out of everyday materials that can deliver a controlled amount of ink to a sheet of paper.
Education.com
Education.com: Sorting Objects by Material
[Free Registration/Login Required] This game challenges kids to sort objects by material. Taking their cues from the Three Little Pigs, preschoolers will sort items made of straw into one backpack, sticks into another, and bricks into a...
Other
Objects and Materials and Everyday Structures
In this unit, students will make the distinction between objects and materials through investigation of the observable characteristics of objects and the specific properties of the materials from which the objects are made. Students will...
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Material Matters Quiz
Pick the right material for the images shown then learn the origin of that material.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Resources: Characteristics of Materials
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit children should extend their knowledge of the range of materials we use and of the properties that characterize them. This knowledge should help them recognize what needs to be...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Translucent, Transparent, and Opaque Materials
The definitions of transparent, translucent, and opaque can be found here. The article explains how the density of a material and its ability to absorb light determine which of these three properties it has. A list of examples is given...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Elasticity vs Plasticity
Topics covered include definitions, examples of and differences between elasticity and plasticity, uses, Hooke's Law, and interesting facts.