Science at Baradene

No light no sight

2016
Textbook:
SciPad
Book 1
Learning
intention
(Find
out)
1.

Light is energy.
Light is part of the electromagnetic
spectrum
Light is given off from a variety of
sources.

2.

Light has a maximum speed of 3 x

108 ms-1
Light travels in straight lines
How light behaves with objects

3.

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6.

Reflection in mirrors

Reflection in curved mirrors

Refraction.
Light through glass blocks

Refraction through Lenses

7.

Prisms

8.

Why things are coloured

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Explain that light is a form of energy pg 91

Talk about the electromagnetic spectrum pg 91
Identify sources of light and reflectors of light pg 91

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State the maximum speed of light and use it in calculations pg 92

Evidence of light travelling a straight line pg 93, 94
Understand the terms transparent, translucent and opaque and
apply them to every day examples pg 93
Identify the spectrum of colours (energies) in white light pg 91
State and use the law of reflection pg 95
Apply the law of reflection to periscopes and fibre optics pg 96, 97
Label and draw a mirror, incident ray, reflected ray, the normal line
pg 99
Recognise the shape of concave and convex mirrors pg 98
Draw light rays reflected from both types of mirrors pg 98
Describe the images seen and uses for both types of mirrors pg 99

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How our eyes enable us to see.

Know that light is altered when it goes through different densities

e.g. air and water pg 100, 101
Complete diagrams showing refraction pg 102

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Name and draw a concave and convex lens pg 103

Draw a diagram of the light refracted through a concave and
convex lenses pg 103

Explain how prisms bend light into the visible spectrum: pg 108

Understand that some colours are absorbed into objects and others
are reflected (bounce off) an object pg 109
Explain the colour of the sky and the sun at dawn and dusk pg 110

9.

Success criteria (I can.)

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Label a diagram of the eye pg 105

Explain how light goes through the eye and into the brain pg 104
Research: long-sighted and shortsightedness and how lenses are
used to correct this

Tick
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Terms for the

unit

Energy
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Light
Light emitters
Reflectors
Plane mirror
Incident ray
Reflected ray
Normal line
Angle of
incidence
Angle of
reflection
Concave mirror
Convex mirror
Diverge
Converge
Prism
Visible
spectrum
Refraction
Concave lens
Convex lens
Electromagneti
c spectrum
Pupil
Cornea
Retina
Optic nerve
Iris