Light and Shadows

Categories: Key Stage 2, Science
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About Course

Why can’t we see in the dark? How are shadows made, and why do they change size? In this Year 3 course you will explore light sources, reflections, transparent and opaque materials, shadows and how to keep your eyes safe from the Sun.

Tutwoo Kids is an independent learning service. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education, Ofqual or any exam board, and Tutwoo Kids certificates are not qualifications. Content was checked against the national curriculum for England in October 2026.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain that we need light to see and that dark is the absence of light Sort materials into transparent, translucent and opaque Explain how shadows form and change size Know how to protect eyes from sunlight

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Light and dark
  • Transparent, translucent and opaque
  • Shadows
  • Keeping our eyes safe

For grown-ups
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