A hands-on physical science exploration where students investigate and classify materials based on their observable properties and characteristics.
Material Sorters engages students in scientific investigation as they explore the properties of different materials through hands-on sorting and testing activities. Students develop observation skills while learning to classify objects based on characteristics such as texture, flexibility, transparency, and buoyancy. This inquiry-based approach builds foundational understanding of material properties and scientific classification.
Physical Science: Properties of materials
Scientific Inquiry: Investigation and classification
Students reach into boxes to identify materials by touch alone, then sort based on what they felt.
Add transparency testing by shining flashlights through materials to sort transparent, translucent, and opaque.
Use magnets to test which materials are magnetic and sort into magnetic and non-magnetic categories.
Send students on a classroom or school hunt to find materials with specific properties.
