Nursery World - Early Years Science: Change

Investigate how materials can change and whether they can be restored, with activities from Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton

We experience examples of materials changing when we stir sugar into a cup of tea, make toast, bake a cake or drop ice cubes into a drink. Children will be aware of the consequences of changes in material when they eat ice cream on a warm day or hold a chocolate biscuit in their hand for too long before eating it. Knowing a little of the science behind materials changing will help you to make the most of interesting experiences of this sort whenever they occur.

Use the information below to help you support young children's scientific learning and to plan experiences that children can draw on to build their own scientific understanding. (See also 'That's the stuff', Nursery World, 16 November 2006, which looked at the properties of materials.)

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