Y6 Light and Mirrors

Pupils learn that mirrors reflect light and that mirrors can be used for a variety of purposes. Pupils then investigate what happens to a beam of light when it shines onto a mirror from a number of different angles.


Learning Objectives:

  • PoS - understand that light appears to travel in straight lines; use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye; explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
  • NaG - pupils should explore the way that light behaves
  • WS - pupils should identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments; report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations

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Sigma Science – Year 6

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