Characteristics of Materials

What makes diapers absorbent? Is peanut butter stickier than syrup or jelly? Strong, stretchy, sticky, or sweet—everything around us has special properties which make them unique. See if you can identify and compare the characteristics of materials.

Contents

Building

(Activity, Instructional Material (12))

Crystals

(Activity, Instructional Material (3))

Density

(Activity, Instructional Material (5))

Food

(Activity, Instructional Material (11))

Magnets and Metals

(Activity, Instructional Material (7))

Polymers-Characteristics of Materials

(Activity, Instructional Material (6))

Soap and Detergent

(Activity, Instructional Material (9))

Architectural Structures

(Test (1))

Calcium-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Crystals-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Chemistry and Art

(Test (1))

Chemistry and Color

(Test (1))

Food Science-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Magnetism and Conductivity

(Test (1))

Magnets-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Plants-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Polymers-Test

(Test (1))

Science of Soda Pop

(Test (1))

Sink or Float-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Stuff that Sticks-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Surface Tension-Test Your Knowledge

(Test (1))

Soap and Detergent

(Test (1))

Keywords

Audiences	Elementary / Middle School Science
Elements	Calcium
Pedagogies	Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives \| Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning \| Humor / Puzzles / Games \| Multimedia-Based Learning \| Testing / Assessment
Topics	Industrial Chemistry \| Physical Properties \| Reactions \| Consumer Chemistry \| Gases \| Carbohydrates \| Proteins / Peptides \| Crystals / Crystallography \| Water / Water Chemistry \| Plant Chemistry \| Dyes / Pigments \| Lipids \| Molecular Properties / Structure \| Applications of Chemistry \| Nutrition \| Acids / Bases \| Chromatography \| Magnetic Properties \| Metals \| Polymerization \| Solutions / Solvents \| Descriptive Chemistry \| Food Science

ChemEd DL Resource Group

Characteristics of Materials