You should be able to

Recall 4 facts about the way which travels

Draw simple diagrams to explain how we see
objects
Be able to use all the keywords in full
sentences.

Keywords

Luminous, non-luminous, reflects,

emits, absorbs, opaque, transparent,
translucent, shadow, vacuum

Brainstorm any ideas that you have.

Put the keywords into any number of groups

which you feel is sensible

Keywords

Luminous, non-luminous,
reflects, emits, absorbs, opaque,
transparent, translucent, vacuum

The Sun is luminous the Earth is not. What so

you think that the word luminous means?

List 3 examples of luminous and nonluminous objects.

The lamp

emits light

The light travels in a

straight line

to the persons eye.

The light has

been

reflected
by the book

What does the box do to the light

that lands on it?

Using all the keywords in the box write 4

sentences describing what you have learned
today

What affects the size of a shadow?

Luminous
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Reflect
Absorb
Transmits

3
4

You should be able to

Explain what is meant by the Law of
reflection.
Measure angles accurately
Define all the keywords.

Keywords

reflects, incidence, reflection,

normal.

Reflection from a mirror:

Normal
Reflected ray

Incident ray

Angle of
reflection

Angle of
incidence

Mirror
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Angle of
incidence (i)

Angle of
reflection (r)

What did you find out?:

Normal

Incident
ray

Angle of
incidence

Angle of
reflection

Reflected
ray

Mirror

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Homework
Write a list of 5 luminous, 5 non- luminous
objects. Give an example of transparent,
opaque and translucent materials.
describe 3 uses of reflection

You should be able to

Describe what happens to light as it enters a
new medium
Draw diagrams to show what happens to light
as it enters a new medium.
Be able to use all the keywords in full
sentences.

Keywords

Refraction, normal, refracted, medium,

density

You should be able to

Identify the colors of the spectrum.
Describe how white light is dispersed by a
prism to produce a spectrum and that these
colors can recombine to form white.

Keywords

Dispersion, Prism, spectrum, white,

absorb

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

Why does the light get split like this?

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Red

Magenta

Yellow

White
Blue

Cyan

Green

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Particles diagrams
Heating a cooling graphs/changing of state
Density
Conduction, convection, radiation,
Temperature scales ie Kelvin
SHC
Boyles law/ combined law
Evaporation and boiling

Luminous,
non-luminous,
reflects,
emits,
absorbs,
opaque,
transparent,
Translucent,
Transmits
Speeds up
Slows down

Shadow,
Vacuum,
Dispersion,
Prism,
Spectrum,
white,
normal,
refracted,
medium,
density

You should be able to

Describe what happens to the different colors
lights as they travel through a filter
state the primary and secondary colors of
light
Explain why we see different color objects

Keywords

Absorb, transmitted, translucent,

primary, secondary

A pair of purple trousers would reflect purple light

(and red and blue, as purple is made up of red and

blue):
Purple light

A white hat would reflect all seven colours:

White
light
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A white hat would reflect all seven colors:

White
light

White
light

If we look at a colored object in colored

light we see something different. For
example, consider a football kit:

Shirt looks red

White

light
Shorts look blue
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Red

Magenta

Yellow

White
Blue

Cyan

Green

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Filters can be used to block out different colors of

light by only transmitting their color and absorbing all
the others:
Red
Filter

Magenta

Filter

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Magenta

Red
Filter

Magenta

Green
Filter

Filter

Filter

Colour of filter

Colours that could be seen

Red

Green
Blue
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
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Colour of filters

Colour of light

2
2
2

3
3

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We should be able to use all the keywords we

have met in order to describe how light
behaves