Lesson: "A Material World"-Properties of Materials

Author: Arlisa Labrie

Area: Physical Sciences

Grade Level: 9-12

Overview: Study the relationship between object function, choice of materials that make up the object and the properties and origins of the materials. This lesson is adapted from Properties of Matter, Smithsonian / The National Academies, National Science Resources Center. This lesson will take 2-4 hours to complete.

Standards:

Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

• Use Technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications.
• Communicate and defend a scientific argument
• Abilities of Technological design
• Identify a problem or design an opportunity
• Propose designs and choose between alternative solutions
• Communicate the problem, process, and solution
• Develop an understanding of structure and properties of matter