Title: Reflection Stage 3 Outcomes: Energy and Change: 3.

5 - Design and describe ways of enabling or impending the transfer of energy

Class 5/6T Date 24/10/2012 Indicators: Investigates the reflection of light using a variety of materials Conducts simple tests with mirrors to investigate lightreflected images.

Rationale: Students in 5/6T are starting a unit on light and animation. This lesson introduces students to the reflection of light and allows students to develop skills in; investigating, observing, presenting data and conducting simple tests.

Introduction: Hand out a variety of shiny materials. Students are to investigate their reflections in a variety of materials. Darken the classroom and shine a torch beam onto each of the materials. Observe the angle of the light from the torch and the angle of reflection from the surface and discuss results (the angle which light strikes a mirror is always the same as the light reflected). Which surface

Reflection: Find the fib: 1. Divide into pairs. 2. Write three statements, one of which is false. 3. Give your 2 true and 1 false statement to another pair. 4. Second pair reads and discusses the statements, guessing which statement is false

reflects the best?

Content: Reflection of light using a variety of materials.

Guided Discovery: Groupings: Go through the PowerPoint to Whole explore ideas. group Exploration: In groups students will now look at their reflection in the back of a spoon and record what it looks like on the sheet. (Because of the convex surface, a smaller image will be produced). Students will then look in the front of the spoon and will record what it looks like on the sheet (The concave surface will produce a larger image. The image is also upside down as

Assessment: Questioning Observations Worksheet

Resources: Opaque, translucent and transparent objects Shiny objects different sized spoons, metal cylinders, aluminium foil, metal lids Torches PowerPoint

the light from the top of the Small head is reflected from the groups of 3 bottom of the spoon and so or 4 on). Discuss the results. Have students view their own reflections in a mirror. What can they see? Move the mirror closer and further away from their face. What happens to the image? (Closer gets larger, further away gets smaller). In their groups students will explore ways to produce: - Two images - Three images - Infinite images - See over an object taller than themselves or above from eye level By using two mirrors and a small object or the faces. Extension: - Exploration of light and

colours.