Science - Light and shadows
Light is a truly amazing thing, but what it is? Mulberry class discussed their understanding of what 'light' is, during their first lesson of our new science topic. We thought of sources of light such as torches, lamps and the sun, as well as how some of these are lit e.g. by electricity or fire. We made a start by finding out more about what light is and how it behaves. To do this we investigated light using a cardboard box. We chose 5 items to go under the box. Then made one hole in the top, and let each person look through, then make more holes in the side, and looked through. Then shone a torch through one hole, whilst we looked in other holes. The class remembered to never look straight into a light source like a torch, as this will damage your eyes. We found out that when there were no holes in the box, it was completely dark, and so we could not see the objects under the box. As we started to put more holes in the sides and top of the box, we cou