How We See Objects Labelling

Year 6 ScienceLight2 pages

About this worksheet

A labelling diagram for Year 6 science on how we see objects. A picture shows light travelling from a source to an object and then to an eye, with six label lines lettered A to F. Pupils choose from a word bank of six: light source, ray from light source, object, reflected ray, eye and arrow showing direction. The answer key gives the letters in the order light travels, from A (light source) to E (eye), with F for the arrow. It links to the England National Curriculum objectives on how light travels.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Light

โ€œExplain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyesโ€

The labels follow the path from light source to object to eye, so pupils name each step.

Light

โ€œUse the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eyeโ€

Partly met. Pupils label the rays and the arrow, but the sheet does not ask them to explain why the rays are straight.

What's inside this worksheet

How We See Objects

A six-label word bank and a diagram with lines A to F. Pupils have to tell the ray from the source apart from the reflected ray.

How teachers use it

Draw your own

After labelling, pupils draw the same path for a book lit by a lamp, with a ruler for each ray.

Arrow direction

Some pupils think light goes from the eye to the object. Check the arrow at F before you move on.

Mirror demo

Shine a torch on a mirror in a dark room so pupils see a reflected ray before they label D.

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