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Students
explore a set of ten fabrics, investigating their properties
and playing a matching game with feely boxes. They go on a fabric
hunt and label the room to highlight all the things that are
made of fabric. They take apart two pieces of fabric to discover
the over-under pattern used to weave fabric together, then they
weave their own piece of fabric using brightly colored yarn.
They use a needle and thread to find ways that more than one
piece of fabric can be sewn together. |
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Fabrics have observable properties.
• Fabrics are made from different materials.
• Fabrics can be compared and sorted by their properties.
• Fabric is used for many things in our everyday lives.
• Many fabrics are made by weaving threads together.
• Sewing is a process that weaves thread
through more than one piece of fabric to join them.
• Scientists communicate problems, designs, and solutions. |
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Observe properties of several different fabrics.
• Observe how fabric is put together and how it can be
taken apart.
• Communicate observations and comparisons of different
kinds of fabric.
• Compare the properties of different fabrics. |
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Students
conduct several investigations to find out how fabrics interact
with other materials. They put drops of water on fabrics to
see which absorb water and which repel it. They put several
kinds of stains on a piece of cloth, then attempt to wash the
stains out, first with water alone, then with detergent and
a scrub brush. They use food coloring to dye a piece of fabric.
Students make graphs that show the kinds of fabric they would
use to make pants and other items. |
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Some fabrics absorb water, and others repel it.
• Fabrics can be compared by their properties.
• Some fabric stains can be cleaned by washing.
• Cleaning fabric with soap and a scrub brush is better
than using water only.
• Fabric can be permanently dyed a wide variety of colors.
• Different properties of fabrics make them useful for
different purposes.
• Scientists communicate problems, designs, and solutions. |
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Observe how water is absorbed at different rates by different
kinds of fabric.
• Compare evaporation of water in an open and closed container.
• Observe the transformation of dirty cloth to clean cloth.
• Communicate observations and comparisons of interactions.
• Compare the permanence of a variety of stains.
• Compare the properties of fabrics to determine their
best uses. |
