Toothpaste Technology

Science Unit 5/6H- Enquiry in environmental and technological contexts

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Undertaking this unit of work, learn about the many objects and items in our everyday lives that come from quarried products. Since toothpaste contains quarried limestone, this forms the basis of this unit. Children experiment in making their own toothpaste, investigate commercially produced toothpastes and then devise an investigation to test their own toothpaste against the common shop-bought brands. Combined with this unit are strong literacy links, as children create instructional texts and adverts to promote their new brand of toothpaste

This unit is made up of:

Title		Size	Format
Front Cover		148kb
Teacher Introduction		20kb
Learning Objectives and Outcomes - based on adapted QCA unit		108kb
Lesson 1:	Is it Really from a Quarry	36kb
Lesson 2:	Make Your Own Toothpaste	36kb
	Worksheet 1 - Make your own toothpaste	40kb
Lesson 3:	Test that Toothpaste	28kb
	Worksheet 2 - Test that Toothpaste Investigation	52kb
Additional Materials:	Appendices,Images, Links	24kb
Entire Unit		828kb