Properties

All materials have properties. Properties tell you something about the material.

A rubber band can stretch. Stretchy is a property.

Cheese smells. Smelly is a property.

Gold is shiny. Shiny is a property.

What are the properties of a glue stick?

Here are some other properties of materials:

bendy

hard

tough

rough

transparent

Can you think of properties that are opposite to these?

Extension work

Find out about these properties

density

compressibility

flow