Check it! - Light - Year 6

The educational material from Focus Education invites Year 6 students to explore the intriguing question: How do our eyes help us see? To encourage a thorough understanding, the resource suggests incorporating regular review sessions where children can consolidate their learning. A variety of creative review techniques are proposed, such as 'Brain dump!', where students jot down everything they know about a topic, 'Give me FIVE!', where they list five key points, and 'Add to my mind map', which allows them to visually connect new information. Other methods include 'Expand and Elaborate', where they delve deeper into specific details, and 'Retrieval Pyramids', designed to test recall in a structured way.

The resource prompts students to engage with the science of vision by checking their knowledge of eye anatomy and the behaviour of light. Questions range from naming five parts associated with the eyes to listing five facts about how light travels. Students are asked to expand on concepts like the straight-line travel of light and its reflection off shiny surfaces. They are also challenged to answer questions about the speed of light versus sound, the function of various eye parts such as the retina, cornea, iris, and pupil, and to provide a scientific explanation of shadows. The 'Pyramid Check' section is structured to ensure all pupils can respond to the foundational questions, with more challenging queries set for those ready to stretch their understanding further.