🔬 Part 1: Understanding Refraction

1. What is refraction? Circle the best answer:

Light bouncing off a mirror

Light bending when it passes through different materials

Light getting brighter

Light disappearing completely

2. Fill in the blanks:

When light travels from one __________ to another, it can change direction. This bending of light is called __________.

3. Which of these are examples of refraction? Check all that apply:

A straw looking bent in a glass of water

Seeing a rainbow after rain

Your reflection in a mirror

Fish appearing closer than they really are underwater

Using glasses to see clearly

🥤 Part 2: Pencil in Water Experiment

4. Draw what you observed when the pencil was placed in water:

5. Describe what happened to the pencil when it was placed in the water container:

6. Why do you think the pencil appeared to bend at the water surface?

🌈 Part 3: Prism Investigation

7. When white light passed through the triangular prism, what colours did you observe? List them in order:

8. Draw and label what happened when the torch light went through the prism:

9. This splitting of white light into colours is called:

Reflection

Dispersion

Absorption

Transmission

🌍 Part 4: Real-World Applications

10. Match each real-world example with how refraction is involved:

1. Eyeglasses

2. Camera lens

3. Rainbow

4. Swimming pool

A. Objects underwater look closer than they are

B. Sunlight splits into colours through water droplets

C. Bends light to help people see clearly

D. Focuses light to create sharp images

11. Give two examples of where you might see refraction in everyday life:

Example 1: _________________________________

Example 2: _________________________________

12. Explain how refraction helps us in technology (like cameras, telescopes, or microscopes):

💭 Part 5: Reflection and Understanding

13. Complete this sentence: "Today I learned that light refraction is..."

14. What was the most interesting thing you discovered about how light bends?

15. True or False? Circle your answers:

True / False - Light always travels in straight lines and never bends

True / False - Refraction happens when light moves between different materials

True / False - A prism can split white light into a rainbow of colours

True / False - Refraction is used in making eyeglasses and camera lenses

16. Challenge Question: If you were designing a pair of glasses for someone who cannot see distant objects clearly, how would you use refraction to help them?

Light Refraction Investigation

Light Refraction Investigation

🔬 Part 1: Understanding Refraction

🥤 Part 2: Pencil in Water Experiment

🌈 Part 3: Prism Investigation

🌍 Part 4: Real-World Applications

💭 Part 5: Reflection and Understanding

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