Curriculum Browser

Choose a curriculum and year or stage to explore its codes, descriptors and matching teaching resources.

Browse years, subjects and strands

England National Curriculum · Year 2 · Science · Uses of everyday materials

1 curriculum code

Science

Uses of everyday materials

UK-KS1-Y2-SCI-M — opens in a new tab

Uses of everyday materials
Pupils should be taught to:
identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses
find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
Lower key stage 2 – years 3 and 4
Lower key stage 2 programme of study

7 resources