--- title: "Year 5 Science: Sorting Materials into Hard or Soft" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-30-year-5-science-sorting-materials-into-hard-or-soft" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 Science: Sorting Materials into Hard or Soft ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/2366e90e-9a1f-42d5-9d59-2c71470f18c2.jpg) 30 October 2024 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/2366e90e-9a1f-42d5-9d59-2c71470f18c2.jpg) Year 5 were given a variety of objects made from different materials, and sorted them according to how hard or soft these objects were. They then tested their ideas using a nail to scratch the objects, and made a second judgement based on how easy it was to scratch the object. Lastly, we tested the trustworthiness of our investigation by comparing our results. We were surprised that our results were so different, and concluded that the method of observation was not as reliable as we had first thought! [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/pic_PSHE_feelings.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-29-reception-pshe-our-feelings) Previous ### [Reception - PSHE - Our Feelings](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-29-reception-pshe-our-feelings) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Screenshot_2024-10-31_15.46.09.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-31-year-2-maths-subtracting-10s) Next ### [Year 2 Maths Subtracting 10s](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-31-year-2-maths-subtracting-10s) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)