Explore our catalogue of award-winning activities and games

Busy Things hosts over 1600 curriculum-linked activities and games for early years and primary aged children. A school subscription also includes lots of features and tools for teachers that promise to save planning time.  Take a free trial to have a proper play or book a demo here

Properties and changes of materials

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Suitability of materials

Explore the materials to find the one most suitable for the job.


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What are things made of? - 1

Sort the objects according to what they are made of.


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What are things made of? - 2

Sort the objects according to what they are made of.


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Mixed materials - 1

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of glass, metal, or both?


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Mixed materials - 2

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of plastic, metal, or both?


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Mixed materials - 3

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of wood, metal, or both?


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Mixed materials - 4

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of leather, metal, or both?


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Mixed materials - 5

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of cotton, plastic, or both?


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Mixed materials - 6

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of glass, metal, plastic or a combination?


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Mixed materials - 7

Venn diagram: Are the objects made of leather, cotton, metal or a combination?


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Solid, liquid and gas sorting

Sort the materials by their state of matter.


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Nursery

 £110+VAT yr

  Unlimited children in a single nursery

  Single shared login

  xx games for independent play

  Areas of Learning?

  Printable worksheets

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Your free trial includes

  • access to 1600+ of fun educational activities and games
  • Create an area just for your class (school version)
  • Track activities and send feedback (school version)
  • Customisable games and activities targeting core maths, literacy and phonics skills
  • Creative activities working with colours, shapes and sounds
  • Busy Code - a whole suite of activities and guides for teaching children how to code
  • A custom phonics and maths worksheet maker
  • Curriculum-links and activity search
  • Pupil timelines - see what your pupils have been doing
  • Set assignments and collate results
  • Play on desktop computers, laptops and tablets