Science at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)
Unit 1D: Light and dark
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Section 1: Introduction
Children should learn:
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Section 2: Light and seeing
Children should learn:
- that light is essential for seeing things
- that when it is dark other senses can be used to help us find things and identify things
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Section 3: Sources of light
Children should learn:
- that there are many sources of light
- that light sources vary in brightness
- to observe and make comparisons of sources of light
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Section 4: Using lights at night
Children should learn:
- that sources of light show up best at night-time
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Section 5: Seeing in the dark
Children should learn:
- that objects cannot be seen in darkness
- to observe and make comparisons of sources of light and to try to explain what they observed
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Section 6: The Sun
Children should learn:
- that the Sun is the source of light for the Earth
- that it is dangerous to look at the Sun because it is so bright
- to make observations and to try to explain these
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Section 7: Shiny objects and light sources
Children should learn:
- that shiny objects need a light source if they are to shine
- that shiny objects are not light sources
- to suggest how to find out about where a reflective strip will shine brightly
- to make observations and simple comparisons and to say whether what they found out was what they expected
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Section 8: Review
Children should learn:
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