| Year-group |
Vocabulary/Statement(s) |
| Nursery |
natural, shells, pebbles, stones |
| Year 1 |
object, material, rock, brick, clay, hard, soft, waterproof, absorbent, rough, smooth, shiny, dull, see-through, not see-through (Y1 - Everyday materials) |
| Year 2 |
opaque, transparent, translucent, reflective, non-reflective (Y2 - Uses of everyday materials) |
| Year 3 |
rock, stone, pebble, boulder, grain, crystals, layers, hard, soft, texture, absorbs water, fossil, bone, flesh, minerals, marble, chalk, granite, sandstone, slate, types of soil (e.g. peaty, sandy, chalky, clay) |
| Year 6 |
evolution |
