INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Year 6 Curriculum

Science

Unit 5: Light

Learning Objective - S5.1

To explain that light travels in straight lines from light sources to our eyes, and from light sources to objects and then our eyes.

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Learning Objective - S5.2

To understand how mirrors reflect light, and how they can help us see objects.

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Learning Objective - S5.3

To investigate how refraction changes the direction in which light travels.

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Learning Objective - S5.4

To investigate how a prism changes a ray of light.

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Learning Objective - S5.5

To investigate how light enables us to see colours.

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Learning Objective - S5.6

To explain why shadows have the same shape as the object that casts them.

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