Students will identify sources of light around the school and determine if they are natural or artificial. A short cloze and colouring task allow students to demonstrate their knowledge of light sources.
This forms part of the Year 5 Physical Sciences Unit – The Might & Sight of Light.
Identify sources of light, recognise that light travels in a straight path and describe how shadows are formed and light can be reflected and refracted
Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted
Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion