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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
A '''property''' is what a [[material]] or [[object]] is like.
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Property'''
: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Properties'''
===About Properties===
Something can be rough or smooth, hard or soft, blue or red, [[Transparent|transparent]] or [[Opacity|opaque]], shiny or dull, firm or bendy, stretchy or stiff and [[Absorb (Chemistry)|absorbent]] or [[waterproof]].
===Examples===
|A '''property''' of [[glass]] is that it looks '[[Transparent|transparent]]'.
|A '''property''' of [[Brick|brick]] is that it has a rough [[texture]].
|A '''property''' of [[water]] is that it can be [[Pour|poured]].
|}
===Note to Teachers===
: Hot or cold and heavy or light are '''Be careful not mix the properties''' of a material. They can describe something, but they are not for the properties of a materialan object. Ask yourself; Can I change itwithout changing what it is made from? If the answer is yes, then it is not a property of the material. For example; a brick is rough, hard, redish brown, opaque, dull, firm, stiff and a little bit absorbent. If I cut a brick in half it is still all of those things, but now it .*''Hot or cold'' is not as heavy. So heavy and light are not propertiesa property of a material. If I put a cold brick in an oven it still has all the same properties, but now it is hot. So hot and cold are not properties of a material.: At KS3 heavy and *''Heavy or light '' are mistake for density because not properties of this misconceptiona material. Brick is dense and the foam If I cut a some brick in half then it is not dense. Heavy as heavy anymore, so heavy and light is about the weight are not properties of an object, not the mass. Since density is the mass/volume then saying brick is heavy is doubly wronga material.: Be careful with solid*''Solid, liquid and or gas as well '' are not properties of a material because they depend it depends on the temperature. If However, you can state them as properties if you want to say that a property of iron is that it 'at room temperature' at the end. Brick is solid you should always add 'at room temperature', otherwise it . Water is not trueliquid at room temperature.
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
A '''property''' is [[Describe|description]] of a [[material]] or an [[object]] and how it behavesthey behave.
: '''[[Noun]]''': Property
===About Properties===
: '''Properties''' are adjectives that we use to describe [[materials]].: '''Properties''' you should know are:*[[Hardness]]*[[Solubility]]*[[Opacity]]*[[Electrical Conductivity]]*[[Thermal Conductivity]]*[[Magnetic Susceptibility|Response to Magnets]]
===Examples===
: [[Brick]] is hard. [[Fabric]] is soft.: [[Salt]] is soluble. Sand is insoluble.: [[Brick]] is opaque. [[Glass]] is '[[Transparent|transparent]]'.: [[Metal]] can is a good electrical conductor. [[conductPlastic (Material)|Plastic]] is a good electrical insulator.: [[electricityMetal]]is a good thermal conductor. Glass is a good thermal insulator.: [[Plastic (Material)|PlasticIron]] is magnetic. [[Copper]] is bendynot magnetic.
===Used in a Sentence===
: A property of [[glass]] is that it is '[[Transparent|transparent]]'.
: A property of [[Metal|metals]] is that they can [[Electrical Conductor|conduct electricity]] well.
: A property of [[Plastic (materialMaterial)|plastic]] is that it can be bent easily.
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A '''property''' is [[Describe|description]] of a [[material]] or an [[object]] and how it behaves.
===Examples===
: [[Solid|Solids]] cannot be [[Compress|compressed]].
: [[Gold]] is more [[Density|dense]] compared to than [[Iron]].: [[Electron|Electrons]] are [[NegativeCharge|negatively]] [[Charge|charged]].
: [[Metal|Metals]] are [[shiny]], [[malleable]], [[ductile]], [[sonorous]] and they can [[Electrical Conductor|conduct electricity]] and [[Thermal Conductor|conduct thermal energy]] easily.