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Grade 2 Science · World 4: Matter Market · Level 23
Touch and Texture
Describe texture (rough, smooth, bumpy, fuzzy) and hardness.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 23
- Texture is how something feels when you touch it. Sandpaper feels rough. A mirror feels smooth.
- Things can also feel bumpy, like bubble wrap, fuzzy, like a peach, or prickly, like a cactus!
- Hardness tells how well something keeps its shape when you press on it. A rock is hard. A pillow is soft.
- Scientists test hardness with a scratch test. A harder material can scratch a softer one. A penny can scratch chalk, so the penny is harder.
- Your turn! Sort these: hard, or soft?
- Try it with a grown-up! Go on a texture hunt at home. Find something rough, something smooth, something bumpy, and something fuzzy.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S2P1.a — Ask questions to describe and classify different objects according to their physical properties. (Examples of physical properties could include color, mass, length, texture, hardness, strength, absorbency, and flexibility.)