Light and Sound Science in Stage 1

Overview Look and Listen

ST1-6PW - A student describes some sources of light and sound that they sense in their daily lives.

ST1-2PW - A student identifies how light and sounds are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed.

5E’s

Engage

Explore

Explain

Elaborate

Evaluate

The Inquiry Process

HOW DOES LIGHT AND SOUND

AFFECT WHAT I THINK, SEE AND

DO?

Where can I locate light and

sound in my community?

Science Walk (inside and outside the classroom)

Televisions/XBOX (at home)

Cars, traffic lights, ocean, wind

What can I use to create sound and

sense light?String telephones (vibrations)

Peek box

Science centre resources

How is light and sound produced

and how can it be sensed?

Vibrations

Soundwaves

Natural and man made light

Objects that create light

Travelling from the source to the ear/eye

HOW DOES LIGHT AND SOUND TRAVEL? ***String telephones (vibrations)

Musical instruments/water

Classroom objects

Peek box

Laser light

Black light and birds (fluorescent)

Can light travel through objects? Water?

Quality Learning Environment

Where to next?Science Excursion

Evaluation of unit