8J - Light (9 lessons)

(See MAB and REY)

Skills Development: Planning
Tables and Graphs
Conclusions

Lesson Outcomes Focus / Ideas Skills Development

Tasks
1 1, 2, 5, 6 Light Design a results table to
 Demo or class practical: use ray boxes and combs to show light travels in straight lines collect practical results.
 Class practical: identifying materials as opaque, translucent or transparent
 Drawing simple ray diagrams
 Describe light as a transverse wave and compare to a sound wave
2 3, 4 Luminous and Non-Luminous Objects Use ray diagrams to model
 Describe how we see luminous and non-luminous objects how we see luminous and
 Draw ray diagrams to show how we see objects non-luminous objects.
 Class practical: making a pinhole camera
3 7, 8 Reflection Use data to write a
 Class practical: reflection using plane mirrors – measuring the angles of incidence and conclusion about the law
reflection of reflection.
 Use data to write a conclusion about the law of reflection
 Draw ray diagrams
4 8, 9 Reflection Use ray diagrams to model
 Compare reflection of light from rough and smooth surfaces and use the terms specular and how a periscope works.
diffuse reflection. Use diagrams from page 154-155 of Exploring Science 8.
 Describe the image formed by a plane mirror – use mirrors to do mirror writing
 Class practical: make a periscope
 Draw ray diagrams to show how a periscope works.

5 10, 11 Refraction Use ray diagrams to model

 Class practical: refraction using glass blocks, measuring the angles of incidence and the path of light through
 refraction different materials.
 Draw ray diagrams
 Examples of refraction e.g. pencil in water / coin in water
 Use diagram C from page 156 of Exploring Science 8
6 1, 10, 11 Explaining Refraction Use data to write a
 Interpret graph showing speed of light in different materials and write a conclusion. conclusion about how light
 Explain refraction using change in speed due to change in density travels through different
materials.
 Waveform diagram
 Uses of refraction: converging lens demo
7 14, 15, 16, How Do We See? Make a model eye.
17, 18  Model eye / diagram from page 158 of Exploring Science 8 to identify parts of the eye and
functions of each part. Produce a table to
 Demo: dissection of a pig’s eyeball compare the parts of the
human eye and the parts
 Comparison of eyes and cameras – use a table
of a camera.
 YouTube clip for BBC documentary – Seeing is Believing
8 12, 13, 19 Colour Write a conclusion about
 Class practical: dispersion using prisms visible light based on
 Spectrum of visible light: ROYGBIV evidence from the
dispersion practical.
 Make a colour wheel
 Identifying primary and secondary colours – link to cone cells.
 Brian Cox DVD
9 17, 20, 21 Seeing Coloured Objects / Filters Design a results table to
 Describe how we see coloured objects (reflection / absorption) collect the practical
 Class practical / demo: coloured filters results.
 Ask MAB for PowerPoint