Year 1 Waterproof or Absorbent

Date: 25th Nov 2022 @ 7:27pm

Today we helped Ted solve an emergency! Firstly, we learnt two new key words, waterproof and absorbent.

‘Waterproof means it keeps out water’

‘Absorbent means it can soak up liquid’

We also discussed and found out about Charles Macintosh, who was best known for his invention of a method for making waterproof clothing.

‘He put the rubber and chemicals on fabric to make it waterproof’

We then used what we know about materials, their properties and our new vocabulary to solve Ted’s emergency. We discussed how we were going to make it a fair test, by using the same amount of water and the same amount of time. We then worked in small groups to complete our experiment. In these groups we made our predictions, before following our method.