Science Waves, Light & Soundusually ages 6–7

Transparent, Translucent & Opaque

Investigate the effect of placing objects made of different materials in the path of a beam of light, discovering transparent, translucent, and opaque materials

How to tell they’ve got it

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Test at least six materials and classify them as transparent, translucent, or opaque
Define transparent (light passes through clearly), translucent (some light passes, blurry), opaque (no light passes)
Predict whether a given material will let light through based on its appearance

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Try this together

Can your child test different materials with a torch and sort them into ones light goes through, ones that block light, and ones in between?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Light & Seeing in the Darkages 6–8Must understand light sources illuminate objects before testing how materials interact with light

Light & Sound Vocabularyages 6–8Investigating transparent, translucent, and opaque materials requires those three terms

Describing Material Propertiesages 5–6Material properties knowledge (transparent/opaque) supports light investigation

Transparent, Translucent & Opaquethis skill · ages 6–7

Unlocks

How Shadows Formages 7–8Must understand opaque materials block light before understanding shadow formation

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U04medium confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

VC2S2U05low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Communication with Light & Soundages 6–7 Light & Seeing in the Darkages 6–8 Light & Sound Vocabularyages 6–8 Vibrations & Soundages 6–9

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