1 2 3 4 5 6 Pupils should be Pupils should be taught to: taught to: recognise that they recognise that need light in order to light appears to travel see things and that in straight lines dark is the absence of use the idea that light light travels in straight notice that light is lines to explain that reflected from objects are seen surfaces because they give recognise that light out or reflect light into from the sun can be the eye dangerous and that explain that we there are ways to see things because protect their eyes light travels from light recognise that sources to our eyes shadows are formed or from light sources when the light from a to objects and then to light source is blocked our eyes by a solid object use the idea that find patterns in the light travels in straight way that the size of lines to explain why shadows change. shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Pupils should be taught to: recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light notice that light is reflected from surfaces recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change. Pupils should be taught to: recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.
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