This simple football-themed science exercise is much like my waterproof a welly boot investigation. The thought is to check varied supplies to find out that are waterproof and which aren’t. It is a beautiful visible method to find out how completely different supplies have completely different properties.
I wrote this exercise to coincide with Euro 2024, however it additionally ties in with the Olympics, the Soccer World Cup or another time of yr.
To make the investigation as dependable as doable, just a few issues must be thought of. The identical quantity of water must be used for every materials, and the identical kind of pen must be used beneath. It could be an unfair check if one materials was fully saturated with water and one simply had just a few drops sprinkled over the floor.
You will want
Supplies to check – kitchen foil, paper, fabric, felt, wax crayon, and so forth
Soccer picture/drawing or use my useful printable experiment sheet
Water
Tape
Water sprayer/dropper
Non-permanent felt-tip pens
Directions
Color the soccer boot with felt-tip pens.
Reduce out small squares of the supplies to check. These must be roughly the identical measurement.
Spend a while feeling and searching on the completely different supplies. Take into consideration which would be the most waterproof. It’d assist to contemplate what every is often used for.
Rigorously tape the squares over the soccer boot till it’s fully coated.
Spray the boot evenly with water.
Take a look at the floor of every materials. Do they give the impression of being completely different? If the fabric is waterproof, the water might be seen in beads on the floor.
Rigorously peel off the squares of various supplies to test if the colors are moist.
How are you going to inform if a fabric is waterproof?
Water will normally kind beads on high of a water-resistant materials and be absorbed by a non-waterproof materials.
The colouring below the waterproof supplies ought to keep dry.
Extra about supplies
Totally different supplies have completely different properties, which make them helpful for various capabilities. For instance, glass is utilized in home windows as a result of it’s clear, waterproof coats usually have a wax or plastic coating to maintain water out, and cutlery is normally constructed from stainless-steel because it would not rust and is powerful.
Extra actions for studying concerning the properties of supplies
Study stretchy supplies with a stretchy supplies problem.
Discover the greatest supplies to make a superhero cape.
Examine insulating supplies with a save the ice pop problem.
Final Up to date on June 9, 2025 by Emma Vanstone
