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Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted (VCSSU080)

Reflection, Absorption & Refraction Subject Based Preview Unit
Reflection, Absorption and Refraction Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will complete a pretest about how light is reflected, absorbed, and refracted.
Reflection, Absorption and Refraction Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Visible Light: Light Rays · Learning Opportunities Your students will experiment with the reflection of light using mirrors and draw ray diagrams to show different light paths.
Seeing Colour: Why is the Sky Blue? · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about the way our eyes and brains see colour and the results of combining coloured light.
Light Refraction: Bending Light · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how the speed and direction of light changes when it moves through different materials.
Transparent, Translucent or Opaque: Materials Experiment · Learning Opportunities Your students will experiment with different materials to test and describe them as transparent, translucent, or opaque.
Investigating Shadows: Aluminum Foil Figures · Learning Opportunities Your students will investigate how the position of a light source creates different shadows by making a figurine from aluminium foil and using it to create shadow art.
Developing My Presentation · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will select a performance of understanding and develop a presentation to show what they have learnt during this learning sequence.

The Journey to Discovery Discovery Preview Unit
Experimenting with Light · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how the speed and direction of light changes when it moves through different materials.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will complete a pretest about the scale of the solar system, light refraction, electrical circuits and states of matter.