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Part of a series of science textbooks designed for the National Curriculum. Targeted at the average and below average ability student, it also includes extension materials to Level 7 and higher.

This student's book provides information, practical investigations and questions.

Light

This resource from Physicists in Primary Schools (PIPS) supports the teaching of [b]light[/b] at Key Stage Two. A presentation introduces sources of light and how we see them, demonstrating how we see objects, reflection of light, composition of white light and primary colours. The presentation is interspersed with...

Light - How We See Things

From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It illustrates five different approaches to starting primary science lessons on light and seeing. At the end of each short clip, a question is posed to stimulate class discussion.

The different scenarios are: • A man looking for his black...

Light - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use the history of science as a context for teaching light and colour. 

The research summary discusses how pupils find light a complex and challenging topic which leads to many misconceptions including that colour is an intrinsic property of an object. ...

Light 11-14

From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of: * Seeing with light * Modelling light with ray diagrams * Reflection and refraction * Colours of two kinds Each topic is explored from the following perspectives: • The...

Allow the young people in your life to be the masters of light - with optics, the science of the future.

From the exciting experiments in this book, they'll learn how to: bend light around corners, stop time...

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Light and Colour

In this activity, students see how the primary colours of light turn white when mixed together. There is a brief description of the visible spectrum and how animals can see UV light, with some questions for students to answer.