But Why: Is the Sky Blue?
But Why?
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5m 21s
Learn about why the sky is blue. This episodes covers the KS1 / KS2 science curriculum in the following areas:
Scientific Enquiry
-Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different way using observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
Seasonal Changes
-Observe and describe weather
KS2
Scientific Enquiry
-Identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes
-Using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings
Light
-Notice that light is reflected from surfaces
-Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
-Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
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