Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Planning and Carrying out Investigations
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Knowledge
Students know:
- Some materials allow all light to pass through.
- Some materials allow partial light to pass through.
- Some materials block all the light from passing through.
- Some materials reflect light, which changes its direction.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Investigate to determine the effect of placing objects made of different materials in a beam of light.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Simple tests can gather evidence to determine that placing different materials in a beam of light will cause light to either: pass through, partially pass through, block, or reflect.
Vocabulary
- transparent
- translucent
- opaque
- reflect
- investigate
- observe
- light
- partial
- block
- material
- record
- data
- shiny
