Facts:

A material's state can be solid, liquid or gas.

Materials are made up of lots of little particles. How these particles are arranged determines their state.

Solids can hold their own shape unless something happens to them.

Liquid flow and take the shape of their container.

Gases are usually invisible and spread out to fill up spaces.

Mercury is a metal with a liquid state.

The word 'material' describes what things are made from.

Materials have properties that make them useful for certain jobs.

Examples:

Sats Questions on Materials 1

SATs Questions on Materials 2

Teaching Resources

Solds, liquds & Gas Catie	Materials Amanda's Learning	Materials Matters egfl

Material World Museum Network	Sorting & Using Materials BBC Science Clips	Characteristics of Materials BBC Science Clips

Soldis and Liquids BBC science clips	Changing State BBC science clips	Changing States Crick Web

Keeping Warm BBC Scinece Clips	Gases around us BBC Science clips	Material World ch4

Materials BBC	Rocks and soils BBC Science Clips

Changing Matter BGfL	Reversible & irrevsible change BBC Science Clips