5.SCI.8.C
Demonstrate and explain how light travels in a straight line and can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed.
Grade 5 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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lightstraight linereflectionrefractionabsorption
Skills
- demonstrate (how light travels in a straight line) #dok2
- explain (how light travels in a straight line) #dok2
- demonstrate (how light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed) #dok2
- explain (how light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed) #dok2
- compare (the effects of reflection, refraction, and absorption) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can demonstrate that light travels in a straight line. #dok2
- I can explain that light travels in a straight line. #dok2
- I can demonstrate how light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed. #dok2
- I can explain how light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed. #dok2
- I can compare the effects of reflecting, refracting, and absorbing light. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Light travels in predictable ways that can be observed and explained.
- Light interacts with materials in different ways, allowing us to understand important natural phenomena.
Essential Questions
- How does light travel from one place to another?
- What happens when light encounters different materials?
- How can you demonstrate the ways that light is reflected, refracted, or absorbed?
- Why is it important to understand how light behaves?
- How do the behaviors of light help us explain things we see in everyday life?