What might each of these be made of?

CW Date Discovering Textiles

Understand Textiles Know about natural and synthetic fibres Know about blended and mixed fibres Know about woven, non woven and knitted textiles

What is the difference between natural and synthetic? Where do natural materials come from?

Task: When the products appear on the next slide you will need to: Name them Categorise them – natural/synthetic Name the material Describe appearance State characteristics and properties Explain why the material is suitable for that product

Blended and mixed fibres pros and cons?

Woven yarns

Knitted yarns

In your book from today’s lesson: Completed spider diagram for different types of metal Completed table for thermosetting and thermo plastics Example of product and properties for each type of plastic Completed exam question

Understand Textiles Know about natural and synthetic fibres Know about blended and mixed fibres Know about woven, non woven and knitted textiles

Final Questioning One person must say the name of a textile material Someone else must say what it could be used for Someone else must try and explain and justify why it is suitable for that use Someone else could add another point to agree with it Someone else could disagree and say why Someone else could give an alternative textile material and explain why And then go back to the start