Year 2 Science: Materials Testers

As part of our Topic, ‘Hooray . . . Let’s go on holiday!’, we’ve been looking at materials that have the right combination of properties for a suitcase. First, we watched two inspiring videos; we learned about the journey of a suitcase through an airport and how scientists test materials.

We then sketched out our plans for an investigation and thought about health and safety. We decided to make it a fair test by keeping the size and shape of the materials the same. After that, it was time to carry out our water-soaking, playground-dragging, hammer-smashing tests! We concluded that plastic was the best material: it had all the right properties to survive airports.