Reflecting Light
Your child knows light bounces off surfaces. This is why they can see themselves in a mirror or a shiny spoon. Smooth, shiny surfaces reflect light best.
In curriculum terms
Notice that light is reflected from surfaces, and that shiny smooth surfaces reflect light best
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Can your child explain why they can see themselves in a mirror or a shiny spoon, and why a rough wall doesn't reflect light the same way?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).