In Science, Toucans have been experimenting with forces and materials. We focused on the properties of materials and what forces can be applied to them.

This is what we learnt about materials:

You can twist: elastic, paper, tin foil, fabric, metal, blu-tac, playdough, sponge

You can bend: elastic, paper, tin foil, fabric, blu-tac, playdough, sponge

You can stretch: elastic, paper, tin foil, fabric, blu-tac, playdough

You can squash: elastic, paper, tin foil, fabric, blu-tac, playdough, sponge

We also found out that you can’t do any of those things to these materials without them breaking: wood and plastic. We also predicted glass would go in this category but we didn’t test it as it would not have been safe!