Science
Waves, Light & Sound
Language
6–8 yrs
Light & Sound Vocabulary
光与声词汇
Description
Name and use vocabulary for how light and sound behave — light source, transparent, translucent, opaque, shadow, reflect, vibration, pitch, volume — and apply these terms correctly when describing observations about how light travels and how sounds are made and changed
Mastery Evidence
- Correctly classify a set of materials as transparent, translucent, or opaque and explain each term
- Explain what causes a shadow using the words 'opaque' and 'light source' correctly
- Describe what changes the pitch or volume of a sound using vibration vocabulary
Assessment Prompt
If you held up a piece of frosted glass, could your child say whether it's transparent, translucent, or opaque — and explain what that word means?
Prerequisites 0
No prerequisites (entry-level topic)
