Y6 Light L5: Refraction

Content Name

Y6 Light L5: Refraction

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

Learning Objective: To observe how light can change direction when it passes through water, known as refraction. Working Scientifically: To make careful observations, record findings using labelled diagrams, and use results to describe a scientific phenomenon.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 6

  Subjects:

  • Science

  Topics:

  • Light
  • Working scientifically

  Programmes of Study:

  • explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
  • recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
  • use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
  • use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them
  • recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, and bar and line graphs
  • reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations

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