Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe effective materials to use when building the bulb housing in a torch and differentiated worksheets to select and test reflective materials that could be used to project light when building a torch.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to identify and describe reflective materials that could be used to project light when building a torch.

This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and install an electrical system into a product using different materials and components to make a lighting device for families to use at home. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.