Scribd
Upload
3 views

Revision Light PDF

The document is a knowledge organizer for Year 6 students focused on the topic of light, including how light travels, reflection, refraction, and shadows. It also connects various careers related to light, such as doctors and optometrists. Additionally, it includes vocabulary terms and activities to reinforce understanding of light phenomena.

Uploaded by

sulafa abbaselhassan
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
3 views

Revision Light PDF

The document is a knowledge organizer for Year 6 students focused on the topic of light, including how light travels, reflection, refraction, and shadows. It also connects various careers related to light, such as doctors and optometrists. Additionally, it includes vocabulary terms and activities to reinforce understanding of light phenomena.

Uploaded by

sulafa abbaselhassan
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Knowledge Organiser: Year 6 Light Careers connected

Careers to Light:
connected Photonics,
to the human body:Lighting
doctor, Optometrist,
technician, nurse, massagePhotographic
therapist, personal
Processor
trainer, theatre technician

Shadows
Lesson Sequence How We See
Opaque objects block the light
1. Explore how light rays so they can only travel
travels around the edges of the object in
straight lines. That is why a
shadow is the same shape as the
object.
2. Explore reflection
Light travels in straight lines. The closer an object is to the light source, the
The light rays from a light source reflect bigger the shadow.
off the object we are looking at. The
light travels in a straight line and enters The further away the object is from the shadow, the
3. Explore reflection and the eye through our pupil. smaller the shadow.
explain how it can be
used to help see things Bending Light
Colours
Reflection
4. Investigate how Light reflects off shiny,
shadows can change bright or light surfaces.
That is why you can see White light is
your reflection when you made up of
look in a mirror. the colours of
5. Investigate how we can the rainbow.
show why shadows have the Refraction When light is
same shape as the object that
Water and bent shiny refracted
cast them
surfaces cause light rays through a
to be reflected at transparent
6. Explore light different angles, object, a
phenomena meaning the reflection of rainbow is
the image is distorted. formed.

Developing Experts Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved


Knowledge Organiser: Year 6 Light Careersand
Before connected to the human body:
After Test
doctor, nurse, massage therapist, personal
trainer, theatre technician

True (T) or False (F) ?


Add arrows to the diagram below to show
how we see things. Light rays reflect off shiny
surfaces.
Describe how a puppet’s shadow
changes if it is moved closer to a Light travels in wavy lines.
light source.
An iPhone is a light source.
______________________
Use these words to help you write an ______________________ The moon is a light source.
explanation of how we see:
______________________ White light is made up of 5
different colours.
Light rays straight lines pupil reflect
Label the statements below ‘reflection’ or Green objects look green
________________________ ‘refraction’.
because the green is
________________________ Light reflects off shiny, bright or light
reflected into our eyes, but
surfaces. That is why you can see your the other colours are
________________________ absorbed by the object.
reflection when you look in a mirror.
________________________ ___________________ Why doesn’t glass create a shadow
________________________ when a light source is shining on it?
Water and bent shiny surfaces cause light
________________________ rays to be reflected at different angles, ____________________
________________________ meaning the reflection of the image is ____________________
distorted.
________________________ ____________________
________________________ ___________________ ____________________
Developing Experts Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved
Unit Rocket Words: Year 6 Light Careers connected to the human body:
doctor, nurse, massage therapist, personal
trainer, theatre technician

Rocket Words
light a form of energy

light source an object that provides its own light

reflected when light shines on a surface and bounces back

variable any one of the elements of an experiment which could be changed

angle the space between 2 intersecting lines

mirror a surface that reflects a clear image

opaque it describes materials which do not allow light to travel through

transparent it describes materials which allow all light to travel through

sunshade a device giving protection from the sun

rotate to turn an object around a centre point

optical relating to the science of optics

spectrum a band of several colours

Developing Experts Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved

You might also like