Making images
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Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils’ prior learning from Sound, light and vision, where they explored the properties of sound and light waves and how they interact with different materials. It deepens their understanding by examining how light is used to form images through reflection, refraction, and lenses. This prepares pupils for the next unit, Waves, where they will apply their knowledge of wave properties to explore the broader concepts of wave behaviour, including superposition and wave interactions, reinforcing their understanding of how waves function in various contexts.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Light moves in straight lines to form a shadow in the same shape as an opaque object.
- A light ray is just a line that shows the direction light travels in.
- A light source is seen when light from it travels into the eye.
- Objects are seen when light reflects off them into the eye.
- Light enters the eye through a hole called a pupil.
- Light is detected by special cells in the retina, on the back of the eye.
- Light reflects off rough surfaces in many different directions.
- An eye detects light reflecting off an object in the direction of the eye and enters it through the pupil.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit builds on pupils’ prior learning from Sound, light and vision, where they explored the properties of sound and light waves and how they interact with different materials. It deepens their understanding by examining how light is used to form images through reflection, refraction, and lenses. This prepares pupils for the next unit, Waves, where they will apply their knowledge of wave properties to explore the broader concepts of wave behaviour, including superposition and wave interactions, reinforcing their understanding of how waves function in various contexts.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Light moves in straight lines to form a shadow in the same shape as an opaque object.
- A light ray is just a line that shows the direction light travels in.
- A light source is seen when light from it travels into the eye.
- Objects are seen when light reflects off them into the eye.
- Light enters the eye through a hole called a pupil.
- Light is detected by special cells in the retina, on the back of the eye.
- Light reflects off rough surfaces in many different directions.
- An eye detects light reflecting off an object in the direction of the eye and enters it through the pupil.
Physics
Making images
This unit explores the transmission of light, including absorption, scattering, and reflection, and the use of the ray model in imaging, refraction, and lenses. It also covers energy transfer in various processes, using safe techniques, making accurate observations, and improving reliability.
7 lessons in unit
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