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Materials and their common use

ClassNotes Team 2 MIN READUPDATED 1 JUL 2026

BASIC SCIENCE JSS2 first term

Sub-Theme: Safety

WEEK 5

Materials and their common use

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

  1. State the common uses of wood
  2. Explain the specific uses of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their alloy.

Content

Materials and their common use

Common uses of wood

  1. Wood is used in making windows, doors and roof construction
  2. Some furniture such as chairs are used as chairs, tables, shelves, ward rope and cupboard are made of wood.
  3. Pulp and paper are products of wood from which exercise book, text book and news-paper are made from.
  4. Some electric poles, railway sleepers, wagons, lorry bodies, boats and canoes are made of wood.
  5. Used as packaging cases for some heavy equipment
  6. Wood is…