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[Year 5] Science - Light Fantastic: Light

Sources of Light

Following the Sun: Crash Course Kids #8.2

How could there be light on the 1st day of Creation if the sun was not created until the 4th day?

Experiments on refraction, reflection and total internal reflection

Study Jams: Light

Light and Shadows - A Game

Have you ever tried to stay in a tree's shade for a while, but soon found yourself in the hot sun again? You need to find out about shadows! 

In this primary science game you will investigate how a tree, you and things like umbrellas and lamp-posts make a shadow during a sunny day. Find out whether the shape and position of a shadow is related to the time of day and position of the Sun. Play a shadow-matching game to finish.

Light for Kids | Where does light come from?

In this video we learn all about Light. We learn where it comes from and identify a number of sources of light. We also learn how we can change light through reflection, refraction, or by blocking light all together. It is a great video that introduces the concept of light to kids.

What is Light?

What is Light? | Royal Observatory Greenwich

ScienceXplosion: A Reflection on Refraction (Ep. 20)

Right or left? Aha! Trick question - both! Eric learns how refraction changes what we see. It's not magic, it's science, it's STEM! Click here to watch episode on ABC iView.

Science Max! Experiments at Large (Series 2: Light Challenge)

Bending light to your will! Phil gets challenged to use light to solve a puzzle that gets more and more difficult. Plus: making a periscope, bouncing light rays to turn off your television, even seeing in the dark! Click here to watch episode on ABC iView. 

How Your Eyes Work

More Resources

Articles & Weblinks

 

Energy (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

Light (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

Light and Lenses: 10 Facts (National Geographic Kids, n.d.). 

Light for Kids (Science Kids webpage) - provides some useful links and other resources on Light. 

Mirror (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

Physics for Kids: Science of Light (Ducksters, 2022). 

Physics for Kids: Lenses and Light (Ducksters, 2022). 

Solar energy (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only. 

What is a Shadow? (Kinoose Learning, 2012). 

Experiments & Activities 

 

How to Make a Pinhole Camera for Kids (Bodine, n.d.). 

Documents to Download

 

Learn how different lenses form images by refracting light (Encyclopedia Britannica video)

 

How does the retina work? | ABC Education

 

MathXplosion, Ep. 29: How to see Infinity | ABC Education

 

Light Pollution | ABC Education

 

7 Crazy Optical Illusions and Experiments With Light | Go Experimental