Making images

Lessons (7)

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

View new resources

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.

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
2 Quizzes
1 Video

The visible spectrum

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

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
2 Quizzes
1 Video

Reflecting colour

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

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
2 Quizzes
1 Video

A pinhole camera

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

1 Slide deck
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.

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
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.

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
2 Quizzes
1 Video

Focusing light

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

1 Slide deck
1 Worksheet
2 Quizzes
1 Video

Can't find what you need?

Create a tailor-made lesson plan and resources on any topic with Aila, our free AI-powered lesson assistant. Entirely adaptable to your class and context.

Create a lesson with AI