Exploring uses of materials

Suggested Participants – P6/7

Wool is an under-utilised material in Scotland. There are 6.61 million sheep in Scotland and all those sheep over one year old need to be sheared once a year. The price the farmer gets for sheep wool is generally low and depends on many different characteristics, including the breed of sheep the wool comes from and how clean the wool is.

What this pack contains: 

• All the links and content required to deliver our Exploring Uses Of Materials activity.

• Learning Intentions, Success Criteria and Suggested Experiences & Outcomes.

• Learning for Sustainability links.

• Lesson plan.

• Suggested additional activities.

Learning outcomes:

• We are learning about wool as a material.

Success Criteria:

• I can recognise the characteristics of wool.

• I can discuss what wool can be used for.

Experiences and Outcomes

• TCH 2-10a I can recognise basic properties and uses for a variety of materials and can discuss which ones are most suitable for a given task.

• TCH 3-10a I can explore the properties and performance of materials before justifying the most appropriate material for a task.

Learning for sustainability:

• Goal 4 Quality education: achieve literacy and numeracy.