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Light and Shadows practice for Years 3–6
Science · Forces, Light, Sound and Electricity · Key Stage 2. How things move, shine, sound and work.
What your child will learn
- Explain that we see objects because light reflects off them into our eyes, and identify light sources.
- Explain how shadows form and investigate how the size of a shadow changes.
- Recognise that light travels in straight lines and use this to explain that we see objects because light travels from a source, or reflects off objects, into 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.
Try some free light and shadows questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. How do you see a book on a table in a lit room?
- The book glows with its own light
- Your eyes send out beams that hit the book
- Light reflects off the book into your eyes
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Light reflects off the book into your eyes
Question 2. How do you see a book in a lit room?
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- Light from a lamp reflects off the book into your eyes
- The book gives out its own light
- Your eyes send out light onto the book
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Light from a lamp reflects off the book into your eyes
Question 3. Why is a shadow the same shape as the object?
- The shadow is a reflection
- Light bends round the object
- Light travels in straight lines, so the outline of the object is blocked
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Light travels in straight lines, so the outline of the object is blocked
How BrightWorld helps with light and shadows
Children practise light and shadows at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise light and shadows in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
Start free