Year 3

How can we see objects?

Have you ever wondered how our eyes are able to see things? In this lesson, we will be learning how our eyes are able to see different objects. We will find out how light travels from a light source to our eyes and what happens when it reaches the eye.

Year 3

How can we see objects?

Have you ever wondered how our eyes are able to see things? In this lesson, we will be learning how our eyes are able to see different objects. We will find out how light travels from a light source to our eyes and what happens when it reaches the eye.

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Key learning points

  1. Describe how we see objects

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5 Questions

Q1.
Fill in the blanks: Light comes from a _________ ___________.
Hot object
Correct answer: Light source
Window
Q2.
Light is a type of ________.
Correct answer: Energy
Force
Heat
Q3.
Fill in the blanks: Dark is the ___________
Absence of heat.
Correct answer: Absence of light.
Absence of people.
Q4.
Tick the light source.
Correct answer: Sun
Sunglasses
Window
Q5.
Light travels in __________
Curved lines.
Correct answer: Straight lines.
Wavy lines.

4 Questions

Q1.
What is the opening of the eye called?
The eyeball
The lens
Correct answer: The pupil
Q2.
What happens when light hits an object?
Correct answer: It is reflected off the object.
It moves around the object.
Q3.
What happens after the light is reflected off the object?
It stays on the object.
Correct answer: It travels in a straight line to the eye.
It travels in a wavy line to the eye.
Q4.
Where does the eye send signals to?
Correct answer: The brain
The heart
The nose