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Year 8

Making images

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Seeing in colour

I can state the primary colours of light, describe how they mix to produce other colours, and explain how the eye detects colour.

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1 Video

The visible spectrum

I can describe what white light is, and explain why a visible spectrum can be produced from white light.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

Reflecting colour

I can explain the colour of an object in white light and in coloured light.

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1 Video

A pinhole camera

I can explain how light passes through a pinhole to produce an image in a pinhole camera.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

Reflected images

I can describe and explain the properties of reflections in a plane mirror, and draw diagrams to show how reflections form.

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2 Quizzes

1 Video

Refracting light

I can describe and draw how a ray of light refracts when it moves from one medium to another, and explain how refraction can cause virtual images.

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1 Video

Focusing light

I can explain how light from an object can be focused by a converging lens to form an image.

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1 Video