Light (Y3)
Prior learning
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Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. (Y1 - Animals, including humans)
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Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials. (Y1 - Materials)
Future learning
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Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines. (Y6 - Light)
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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. (Y6 - Light)
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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. (Y6 - Light)
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Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. (Y6 - Light)