I fatti:

A material's state can be solido, liquido or gas.

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

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

Liquido flow and take the shape of their container.

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

Mercury is a metal with a liquid state.

La parola 'materiale' describes what things are made from.

Materials have proprietà that make them useful for certain jobs.

Esempi:

Sats Questions on Materials 1

SATs Questions on Materials 2

Risorse per l'insegnamento

Solds, liquds & Gas Catie	Materiali L'apprendimento di Amanda	Materials Matters egfl

Mondo materiale Museum Network	Sorting & Using Materials BBC Science Clips	Characteristics of Materials BBC Science Clips

Soldis and Liquids BBC science clips	Stato cambiante BBC science clips	Cambiare gli stati Crick Web

Tenendo caldo BBC Scinece Clips	Gases around us BBC Science clips	Mondo materiale ch4

Materiali BBC	Rocks and soils BBC Science Clips

Changing Matter BGfL	Reversible & irrevsible change BBC Science Clips