Year 6 - Light

Empower your class to explore how light travels in straight lines and is reflected, fostering a deep understanding through hands-on activities like building periscopes and investigating shadows. Get ready for exciting outdoor learning experiences that will illuminate the world of light for your Year 6 pupils!

Lesson Plans

Exploring how light travels

Explore the fascinating world of light with this engaging Year 6 science lesson, designed to demonstrate that light travels in straight lines through exciting outdoor investigations and creative problem-solving. Children will use torches, mirrors, and various obstacles to guide light beams, discovering how we see objects and the principles of reflection in a fun, hands-on environment.

Learning objective:

To demonstrate that light travels in straight lines.

Investigating reflection

Uncover the secrets of light reflection in this hands-on Year 6 science lesson! Through building and experimenting with periscopes, children will discover how light bounces to help us see objects, even around corners.

Learning objective:

To investigate how
light can be reflected.

Explaining the shape of shadows

Investigate the intriguing world of shadows in this engaging Year 6 science lesson! Children will explore how shadows are formed and why they mirror the shape of objects, through hands-on body experiments and artistic shadow drawing.

Learning objective:

To explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.

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