🔬 1st Grade Science · Unit 3
Light
11 short narrated lessons in 2 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.
Standards: 1-PS4-2 1-PS4-3
1st Grade Science · 6 units
What your child will learn
Seeing with light
- Light helps us seeExplain that we can see objects only when light shines on them.
- In the darkDescribe how objects cannot be seen in a completely dark place.
- Things that give off lightIdentify objects that give off their own light, like the sun, a lamp and a flashlight.
- Light bounces to our eyesExplain that light bounces off objects and into our eyes so we can see them.
- Seeing with light review ReviewReview how light lets us see and why nothing can be seen in total darkness.
Light and materials
- See-Through MaterialsIdentify transparent materials like clear glass that let almost all light pass through.
- Some Light Gets ThroughIdentify translucent materials like wax paper that let only some light through.
- Blocking LightIdentify opaque materials like wood and cardboard that block light.
- Making ShadowsExplain that a shadow forms when an object blocks light.
- Mirrors Bounce LightDescribe how a mirror changes the direction light travels.
- Light and Materials Review ReviewReview how different materials let light through, block it or bounce it.
Try a question from this unit
From the lesson “Light helps us see”
What do you need to see your toys?
Show the answer
[object Object]. Light shines on your toys, so you can see them.
Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Think about what makes things bright.”
Key words
- light
- see
- dark
- light source
- reflect
- eye
- transparent
- translucent
- opaque
- shadow
- block
- mirror
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