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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8K: Light
Section 12: Reviewing work

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to describe what happens to a beam of light when it encounters a range of materials
  • to use scientific knowledge and understanding to plan and to explain the reasons for their plan

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Provide pictures of a series of mirrors, opaque materials and transparent blocks and ask pupils to complete the paths of a light ray incident on them.
  • Ask pupils to design the lighting for a theatre production in which particular colour effects are desired, and to present their suggestions to the group or whole class.
  • Ask pupils to describe and explain any optical effect that has particularly impressed them, eg laser display.
  • describe, using annotated diagrams and the correct scientific terminology, how the path of light can be altered by reflection or refraction
  • present an account of the use of colour in creating particular effects

Sections in this unit

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1. a. How does light travel?
2. b. How does light travel?
3. What happens when light meets an object?
4. How do we see things?
5. How do mirrors reflect light?
6. How are images formed?
7. Checking progress
8. Can light be bent?
9. What is a spectrum?
10. a. How can we change colour?
11. b. How can we change colour?
12. Reviewing work