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Year 5

Light fantastic addresses AC Science Understanding ACSSU080 Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted, through the context of conducting investigations to observe the behaviour of light in a variety of situations.

Light fantastic provides students with hands-on opportunities to:

explore the role of light in enabling us to see objects
consider sources of light and how light travels
investigate the size and direction of shadows
explore how reflective surfaces and different materials affect the path of light
investigate what happens when light passes through water
Students apply their new learning by:

 planning and conducting an investigation into the factors that affect the height of a shadow
Linking science with literacy

In the Primary Connections approach, students are supported to create representations that draw on and strengthen their literacy development. In Light shows, students represent and explain their understanding about how light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted, by creating these representations:

Graph
Labelled diagram
Procedural text
Ray diagram
Science chat-board
Data table
Word wall