Science

Materials around us

An AR classroom game for Grade 1. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

Curriculum indicatorว 2.1 ป.1/1

Play Host a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Sort the objects by what they are made of.
Sort into
- made of wood
- made of metal
- a wooden table
- a stainless steel spoon
- a pencil
- scissors
Read the explanation
Different materials have different properties, so each is used for different things.
02
Sort the things into groups.
Sort into
- solid
- liquid
- a rock
- water
- a coin
- oil
Read the explanation
A solid keeps its shape; a liquid flows and takes the shape of its container.
03
Sort the things into groups.
Sort into
- you can see through it
- you cannot see through it
- clear glass
- a wooden plank
- clear water
- iron
Read the explanation
Some materials are transparent and some are opaque.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Groups materials by observable properties: wood or metal, solid or liquid, see-through or not, stretchy or rigid. Matches ว 2.1 ป.1/1 (observable properties of materials) and ป.1/2 (grouping materials by property).

What's in the worksheet

4 questions, a sorting game with four items each - A wooden table and a pencil are wood; a stainless steel spoon and scissors are metal - A rock and a coin are solid; water and oil are liquid - Clear glass and clear water are see-through; a wooden plank and iron are not - A rubber band and a sponge are stretchy; glass and a brick are rigid

How to use it in class

Best after a hands-on session with real materials, about 5-6 minutes. Put a basket of real items out (rubber bands, a spoon, a pencil) and let children handle them first. Play in teams. After question 4, have them stretch a rubber band and squeeze a sponge. On question 1 you may need to say that many scissors have plastic handles but metal blades. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Question 1: unsure about the scissors because school scissors have plastic handles. Point to the blades. - Question 2: calling oil solid, having seen lard set hard. Explain that cooking oil pours. - Question 3: putting clear water with not see-through, not thinking of water as a material. Look through a glass of water together. - Question 1: a pencil has a lead that is not wood, and scissors have plastic handles. If a child notices that one object uses several materials, praise the observation and explain that the game sorts by the main material. - Question 4: a sponge squashes and springs back rather than stretching like a rubber band. Explain that the stretchy group means things that bend, squash or stretch and then return to shape.