The six words you need to know to describe materials: stiff, strong, ductile, brittle, tough, and hard. Scholars learn how to investigate and describe material properties using a stress-strain graph. They identify yield strength and Young's modulus.

Concepts

engineers, building materials, pressure

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a materials engineer to give a presentation

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should have familiarity with basic physics concepts, such as pressure and force
• Resource references another video in the Real Engineering playlist, "Why are plane windows round?"
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Gives thorough explanations
• Graphics promote understanding of concepts
  

Cons

• None