Light- Lenses, the Eye, Pinhole Camera and Camera-Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning KS3

The two packs in this resource allow the same lesson on lenses, including the eye, the pinhole camera and the camera to be taught to middle school students whether they are in a classroom or distance learning at home. It facilitates hybrid learning and provides equality of opportunity for students who are unable to attend school .

The classroom resource consists of an animated 85 slide PowerPoint and 16 varied and exciting printables including a foldable, cut-and-stick and progress check. The one-page flowchart lesson plan shows where choices can be made between the printables so that the teacher can select the activities to suit the exact needs of their class.

The distance learning pack consists of a 55 slide animated PowerPoint which, not only teaches the science but also how to gain maximum benefit from distance learning. The PowerPoint has been designed to replace the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. Additional worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress. These can be printed off by the student or provided by school. There is also a short digital test/homework which can be returned to the teacher. A shortened photocopiable PDF of the PowerPoint is provided to circulate to those pupils without computers.

** What’s Covered**

• Ray diagrams showing refraction in a concave and convex lens.
• Convex lenses are used in magnifying glasses, telescopes and spectacles to correct long sight.
• Concave lenses are used in lasers, flashlights, peepholes and spectacles to correct short sight.
• Label the following structures on a diagram of the eye; retina; ciliary muscle; iris; pupil; lens; suspensory ligament; optic nerve.
• Draw ray diagrams and explain how the eye sees distant and close objects.
• Draw ray diagrams and explain how lenses are used to correct long and short sight.
• Draw diagrams and explain how the iris controls the size of the pupil and therefore the amount of light which enters the eye.
• Draw a ray diagram of the pinhole camera, know that the image is inverted sand diminished, moving the object closer enlarges the image and multiple pinholes produce multiple images
• Label a diagram of the camera and explain how a picture is taken.
• Explain the differences and similarities between the eye and the camera

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