Marshall Cavendish Cambridge

Primary Science (2nd edition)

Stage 3

CHAPTER 7
LIGHT AND SHADOWS

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 Lesson 1: Transparent, Translucent and Opaque Materials

LESSON 1: TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT

AND OPAQUE MATERIALS

LEARNING AIMS
• Observe how light can pass through some materials and not others.
• Describe materials as transparent, translucent and opaque.

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LESSON TRIGGER
You have learnt about light
and darkness in Stage 2.

Can you see the dark shape

next to the toy dinosaur?

What is it called?

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PRE-EVALUATION

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MAIN CONCEPT

Materials can be grouped into three different groups, depending on how

much light they allow to pass through them.
Transparent materials allow nearly all light to pass through them.
Translucent materials allow some light to pass through them.
Opaque materials do not allow light to pass through them.

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ACTIVITY
• Look for these objects inside your house. Can you
see through them? Place the correct description I can see
under each picture. through the
object.

I cannot see
through the
object.

I can see
through the
object, but
not clearly.

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WATCH

• What is the difference between

plastic wrap and wax paper?

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CRITICAL THINKING

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WRAP-UP
Complete the sentences using the words below.

Translucent Opaque Transparent

1. ___________ materials allow nearly all light to pass through them.

2. ___________ materials allow some light to pass through them.

3. ___________ materials do not allow any light to pass through them.

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HOMEWORK

Complete Homework Worksheet 1:

Transparent, Translucent and
Opaque Materials

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LESSON 2: SHADOWS

LEARNING AIMS
• Explain how shadows are formed.

• Explain how the position of the object and the light source affects
the size of a shadow.

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LESSON TRIGGER

Sometimes when you are

walking on the road at night
you can see two shadows of
yourself.

How does this happen?

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PRE-EVALUATION

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MAIN CONCEPT

• A shadow is formed when an object blocks light from passing

through it.
• When light cannot pass through the object, a dark area known as
a shadow forms behind the object.

Light
Source

Shadow

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MAIN CONCEPT

If the light source is placed close to the opaque object, a small shadow
is formed.

If the light source is moved closer to the opaque object, the shadow size
increases.

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ACTIVITY

• What is the lady doing in

the picture?

• How can she make the

size of the dog’s face
bigger?

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ACTIVITY
• Go to a room and turn off the light. Sit next to a wall.
• Turn on the torch light on and shine it on your hand.
• Make a shape with your hand. Observe the shadow on the wall.

• What happens to the size of the shadow when you move the torch
close to your hand?
• The size of the shadow __________________.
• What happens to the size of the shadow when you move the torch
further away from your hand?
• The size of the shadow __________________.

increases decreases stays the same

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CRITICAL THINKING

• Do transparent and translucent objects make shadows?

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WRAP-UP
Whose explanation is wrong?

Sam

Aimee

Raj

________’s explanation is wrong.

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HOMEWORK

Complete Homework Worksheet 2: Shadows

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Slides 1, 3: child outlining a shadow ID: 216014453 © Hanna Pasichnyk | Dreamstime.com
• Slide 6: wooden spoon © https://pixabay.com/photos/wood-spoon-kitchen-wooden-diet-1205698/, sunglasses ©
https://pixabay.com/photos/sunglasses-sun-red-summer-merry-347581/, window ©
https://pixabay.com/photos/people-man-urban-city-model-2590616/
• Slide 8: modern public toilet ID: 207336663 © Eric Dodson | Dreamstime.com
• Slide 10: glass window © https://pixabay.com/photos/white-window-glass-shield-frame-2563976/
• Slide 12: streetlights © https://pixabay.com/photos/streetlight-night-city-street-1388418/
• Slide 14: mickey miniature © https://pixabay.com/photos/mickey-spotlight-piano-miniature-1185754/
• Slide 15: shadows © https://pixabay.com/photos/the-shade-shadow-play-shadows-198682/
• Slide 16: mother and child making shadows ID: 84762246 © Evgenyatamanenko | Dreamstime.com

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