Christmas Science Investigation!

This afternoon we looked at lots of different Christmas things, like stockings, baubles, cards and Christmas decorations. We talked about what materials they were made from, such as wood, plastic or glass. Then we talked about their properties - were they bendy, soft, hard, fragile? We explored whether things were opaque or transparent, and used a torch to test if our plastic Father Christmas window decoration was translucent. We talked about why things are made from certain materials - you wouldn't want a stocking made of metal, or wrapping paper that was made of wood!