This area of science looks at some of the properties
of everyday materials. What this means is that we look
at how hard or soft something is, how well it bends,
how strong it is, does it break, can it conduct electricity,
do magnets attract it? We compare materials that look
similar to find if they have the same properties as
each other. We also wonder where these materials would
be best used: for example would we want to use wood
to make windows? Or use metal to make car tyres? We
identify what solids, liquids and gases are, and if
the properties change when they are mixed, or when they
are heated.
We also investigate how to separate
things that we have mixed, even if they have been dissolved.
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