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Key Stage 1
Meaning
A property is what something is like.
About Properties
Something can be rough or smooth, hard or soft, blue or red, see through or not see through, shiny or dull, bendy or not bendy, stretchy or stiff.
Examples
- Glass is 'see through'.
- Bricks are rough.
- Water can be poured.
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Key Stage 2
Meaning
A property is description of a material and how it behaves.
- Noun: Property
About Properties
Properties are adjectives that we use to describe materials.
Examples
- Glass is 'transparent'.
- Metal can conduct electricity.
- Plastic is bendy.
Used in a Sentence
- A property of glass is that it is 'transparent'.
- A property of metals is that they can conduct electricity well.
- A property of plastic is that it can be bent easily.
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A description of a material and how it behaves.
Examples
- Solids cannot be compressed.
- Gold is dense compared to Iron.
- Electrons are negatively charged.
- Metals are shiny, malleable, ductile, sonorous and they can conduct electricity and conduct thermal energy easily.
Used in a Sentence
- A property of solids is that they cannot be compressed.
- A property of Gold is that it is more dense than Iron.
- A property of an electron is that it has a negative charge.
- The properties of Metals are that they are shiny, malleable, ductile, sonorous and they can conduct electricity and conduct thermal energy easily.
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