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Lesson Six – Colours

This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and prove by conducting test to illustrate how the eye can see and interpret a range of different colours.
The class can explain and model how to use coloured filters to explore what happens when viewing a range of different coloured objects through the eyes.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and prove by conducting test to illustrate how the eye can see and interpret a range of different colours
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and explain how to prove different facts and concepts about light and a template to test and record what happens when using different coloured filters to view coloured objects.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how the eye can see and interpret a range of different colours by using some practical tests.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to explore and model concepts about how light is produced and how it can travel through different materials. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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