Light is a form of energy that can be emitted from sources like the sun or light bulbs. It travels very quickly in straight lines in all directions from the source. Materials interact with light in different ways - transparent materials like glass allow light to pass through, translucent materials like wood separate and blur light rays, and opaque materials like mirrors do not allow light to pass through and reflect it instead.

1. UNIT 8: Light and
its features
Nuria Sánchez Parra
CEIP García Bellido

2. VOCABULARY
• arrive… llegar
• behave …comportarse
• blurred …borroso
• darken …oscurecer
• emit …emitir
• find…encontrar
• glass…cristal
• kilometers…kilómetros
• let …dejar, permitir
• light …luz
• light rays ….rayos de luz
• living things…seres vivos
• material …cuerpo, material
• matter …materia
• mirror…espejo
• move…moverse
• opaque …opaco
• propagation…propagación
• receive…recibir
• reflect …reflejar
• second…segundo
• skin …piel
• sources of light… fuentes
luminosas
• spread…propagarse
• through …a tavés de
• translucent …translúcido
• transparent…tarnsparente
• travel… viajar
• straight …recto
• with respect to… con respecto a
• wood …madera
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3. Light
Light is a form of energy, the light energy.

4. Light energy can transform into other forms of
energy, such as thermal energy or electric
energy.

5. It can also produce changes in the living things.
For example, it can darken our skin or help the
plants to produce their food

6. Materials and light
Materials behave in two different ways with
respect to the light:
o Materials that emit light
o Material that reflect light

7. • Materials that emit light. They are called sources
of light. Depending on its origin sources of light
can be:
– Natural, such as the sun, other stars or fire.
– Artificial, such as light bulbs.

8. • Materials that reflect light. They are the other
materials, that don’t emit light. We see these
materials because they reflect the light they
receive.

9. • Video 1
• Video 2
• Video 3

10. Light propagation
When a light source emits light, it spreads; it
moves until it finds other material.

11. Light propagation features are:
• Light travels in all directions from the source
of light.
• Light travels in straight lines.
• Light travels very quickly, at 300,000
kilometers per second

12. Transparent, translucent and opaque
materials.
When the light arrives to a material, this
material behaves in a different way depending
on the matter it is made up.

13. We can classify materials into three groups:
o Transparent materials
o Translucent materials
o Opaque materials

16. • Transparent materials. Light can pass through
them, such as glass.

17. • Translucent materials. Only part of the light can
pass. Light rays separate into different directions.
We see blurred objects through translucent
materials.

18. • Opaque materials. Light doesn’t pass through
them, such as wood or a mirror.

19. ACTIVITIES
• Write two examples of:
– Transparent materials: …………………………………………….. and ……………………………………
– Translucent materials: ……………………………………………… and ……………………………………
– Opaque materials: …………………………………………….. and ………………………………………….
• Match:
Opaque materials let light pass through.
Transparent materials let light pass through but separate.
Translucent materials don’t let light pass through.
• Complete to summarize:
– …………………………………. is a ……………………………. of energy. Materials can ………………………………….. or
…………………………………. the light. Materials that emit light are
called……………………………………………………………………………….
– ………………………………travels in all …………………………………., in ………………………
…………………………………………… and at ……………………………………………………………………
• True or false? Rewrite the false sentences:
– Light passes through opaque materials.
– Light passes through transparent materials.
– A light bulb can emit light.
– The sun is an artificial source of light.