Year 6 · Science

Light Travels In Straight Lines

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Focus on light travelling in straight lines and refraction. Start with “Identify Light Sources”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 6 learners practise light travelling in straight lines and refraction.

The activities include Identify Light Sources, Investigate the Refraction of Light and the Visible Spectrum, Investigate the Visible Spectrum, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching-practice, practice, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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Identify Light Sources
Investigate the Refraction of Light and the Visible Spectrum
Investigate the Visible Spectrum
Look at How Light is Reflected off Mirrors
Look at the Refraction of Light and the Visible Spectrum
Predict How Light Will Reflect
Understand How Light is Reflected
Understand Reflective Surfaces and the Law of Reflection
Understand Refraction
Understand Refraction and the Visible Spectrum
Understand the Effect of Light Travelling in Straight Lines
Understand the Law of Reflection
Understand the Properties of Light
Understand What Makes a Good Reflective Surface

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