To recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light.
To notice that light is reflected from surfaces.
To recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect your eyes.
To recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.
To find patterns in the way that the sizes of shadows change.
To ask some relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.
To make some decisions about which types of enquiry will be the best way of answering the question including observing changes over time, noticing patterns, comparative and fair tests, using secondary sources.
To set up some simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.
To say whether there were things that could have been done differently in my investigation.
To record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labeled diagrams, keys, bar charts and tables.
To use simple models and labels to explain my results.