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Uses of Materials

Levels 3 and 4

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NZC Achievement Objectives
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Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
  • Chemistry and Society: Relate the properties of a range of different materials to their technological uses and roles in natural processes.

  • Te Whakamahi Pūmatū: Ka whakahāngai i ngā āhuatanga ōkiko, kawekawe hoki o ētahi tūmomo matū ki te whakamahinga hangarau, ki te tukanga māori rānei.

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Learning Intentions
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Integration Ideas

Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education

Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education

Level 3

  • Linking physical properties of materials to their uses.


Level 4

  • Explaining how the physical and simple chemical properties of everyday materials determine their uses.

  • Be able to extract the dyes from vegetables and use them to dye a variety of materials.

  • Social Sciences: How and why people view and use resources differently and the consequences of this eg. Environmental preservation versus logging or mining


  • The Arts (Visual Arts): Use flax-weaving processes and procedures to make an object.


  • Technology: Describe and identify the positive and negative effects of some instances of technologies on people’s lives and the environment eg. the effects of fast ferries on shorelines.

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