Science - What is reflection?

 Obviously, we already know what reflection is - based on our experiences in everyday life, and our learning from Year 3. However, today we learned the Law of Reflection, and used this to create a range of shapes with mirrors; from squares, stars, triangles - even creating our own mirror mazes. 

The children had great fun lining up the mirror and light ray to ensure that their angle of incidence was correct, so that the reflected light ray would hit their desired end point.

Next week we will be exploring the Law of Refraction, and we will try to do the same thing - but the mirrors will be removed, and we will have to use our knowledge of materials densities to bend light accurately! 









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