Download or read book How to be Brilliant at Materials written by Colin Hughes and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to be Brilliant at Materials contains 42 photocopiable worksheets with practical activities to help children acquire knowledge and understanding of the way materials are classified, how they can be changed, and ways of separating them. Topics include: testing for hardness, density, porosity, magnetism, conductivity of heat and electricity, and flexibility; materials used in houses; comparing soils; solids, liquids and gases; mixtures; changing materials; dissolving, filtering and evaporation; the water cycle; energy efficiency.