1) The document describes level descriptors from the QCA Scheme of Work relating to how children understand light and vision at different levels.
2) At Level 3, children understand basic concepts like light traveling and shadows forming when light is blocked. At Level 4, children can explain phenomena like shadow formation and use terms like transparent.
3) At Level 5, children can describe phenomena using more abstract ideas and understand reflection, shadow size in relation to light source distance, and how colored light is produced when light passes through materials.
1) The document describes level descriptors from the QCA Scheme of Work relating to how children understand light and vision at different levels.
2) At Level 3, children understand basic concepts like light traveling and shadows forming when light is blocked. At Level 4, children can explain phenomena like shadow formation and use terms like transparent.
3) At Level 5, children can describe phenomena using more abstract ideas and understand reflection, shadow size in relation to light source distance, and how colored light is produced when light passes through materials.
1) The document describes level descriptors from the QCA Scheme of Work relating to how children understand light and vision at different levels.
2) At Level 3, children understand basic concepts like light traveling and shadows forming when light is blocked. At Level 4, children can explain phenomena like shadow formation and use terms like transparent.
3) At Level 5, children can describe phenomena using more abstract ideas and understand reflection, shadow size in relation to light source distance, and how colored light is produced when light passes through materials.
1) The document describes level descriptors from the QCA Scheme of Work relating to how children understand light and vision at different levels.
2) At Level 3, children understand basic concepts like light traveling and shadows forming when light is blocked. At Level 4, children can explain phenomena like shadow formation and use terms like transparent.
3) At Level 5, children can describe phenomena using more abstract ideas and understand reflection, shadow size in relation to light source distance, and how colored light is produced when light passes through materials.
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Evidence : Assessing Knowledge and Understanding Using KS2 QCA Units Topic: 6F How We See Things
Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Level Use their knowledge and understanding of Use physical ideas to explain simple phenomena Use abstract ideas in descriptions of familiar descriptors physical phenomena to link cause and effect in (e.g. the formation of shadows) phenomena (e.g. objects are seen when light simple explanations from them enters the eye) o Children understand that light travels o Children understand that light travels from o Children describe reflection as light ‘bouncing How do the o Children understand that light coloured light sources to the eye enabling them to be off’ objects e.g. using mirrors to change the level seen direction of light objects are not light sources descriptors o Children know that light travels through o Children use the terms ‘transparent’ and o Children understand that in order to be seen, all relate to QCA Scheme some materials and is blocked by others ‘opaque’ appropriately non-luminous objects must reflect light of Work and o Children recognise that when light is blocked o Children know that many transparent materials o Children know a variety of ways of changing the Classroom a shadow is formed can produce faint shadows size of the shadow produced by an object practice o Children know that differently-shaped and o Children describe the relationship between the o Children recognise that reflections can be sized shadows can be produced from a single size of the shadow and the distance between the seen in shiny surfaces object light source and an object o Children understand in total darkness only o Children know that shiny objects reflect light o Children know that when light passes through light sources can be seen and that this accounts for their shiny some materials coloured light is produced. appearance o Children can explain the difference between o Children are able to show the position of the shadow formation and reflection in terms of the light source, the object and the shadow path of light o Children know that the shape of a shadow is o Children recognise that light sources are seen determined by the shape of the object when light from them enters the eye o Children know that shadows show shape but not other features of objects o Children understand the idea of translucence