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How We See: Giving Off Light or Bouncing It

  • Grade 1
  • Science
  • 47 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC1-SC-10

The sun and a lamp give off their own light, and the lamp's light goes straight into our eyes, so we see the lamp. A book gives off no light: we see it because lamp light shines on it and bounces off into our eyes, which is called reflecting.

Concept: How we see: some things give off light, others reflect it

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In one sentence

The question this lesson answers

How do we see the things around us?

Our eyes need light to see things.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How do we see the things around us?

Our eyes need light to see things.

The sun gives off its own light.

A lamp gives off light when it is on.

The lamp's light goes straight into our eyes.

That is how we see the lamp.

A book does not give off light.

Light from the lamp shines on the book.

The light bounces off the book into our eyes.

That is how we see the book.

We say the book reflects the light.

Some things give off light, others reflect it.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 1

Science, Physics: properties of light and sound depend on their source and the objects with which they interactBC1-SC-10

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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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