Lesson Planning
Key Teaching
- Describe the movement of light beams off of reflective surfaces.
- Plan and carry out an investigation into the reflectiveness of given materials.
- Record results in the form of a graph and note patterns.
- Suggest how to investigate further their findings.
Key Activities
- Demonstrate and describe the movement of light off mirrors.
- Plan and carry out an investigation into the reflectiveness of given materials.
- Record results in graphic form and identify patterns.
- Suggest further investigations for their findings.
Key Investigation - exploring, problemsolving
Investigate how light reflects (make a periscope).
Key Vocabulary
Light, light source, names of light sources, e.g. torch, dark/darkness, reflect, reflective, mirror, shadow, block, absorb, direct/ direction, transparent, opaque, translucent, straight, rainbow