Optics for Primary Students (10–12 years)

Optics for Primary Students

Age limit: 10–12-years-old

Course Duration: One month (1hrs x 4 weeks)

Medium: English

Date : 04.03.2023, 11.03.2023, 18.03.2023, 25.03.2023

Time : 01.00 pm - 02.00 pm

Course Description

Science is an enthralling and enjoyable subject. Optics is one aspect of it which is a physics course. I have attempted to provide you with an understanding of optics through various activities. I hope that after going through these lessons, you will have a better understanding of optics.

In this section, I concentrated on students in grades 5 through 6. (Age limit: 10-12). This lesson includes four one-hour sessions.

Session 1: What is light including experiments 1 & 2

Session 2: Light propagation, reflection, refraction and absorption including experiments 3 & 4

Session 3: Principal of basic optical elements including experiments 5,6,7 & 8

Session 4: Continuing session 3 with experiments 9 and 10

Please ensure that you have gathered all of the materials required for preferred experiments before the sessions.

K.A.D.D. Tharuka

Working as a technical officer (Laboratory officer)

Worked as Planning Assistant

Hello!  I am Dilini Tharuka. I am a Bachelors Degree holder from the Open University of Sri Lanka. Currently, I am working as a Laboratory officer. I have a positive and effective teaching style that recognizes and thinks that all kids have the potential to be excellent learners. I strive to create an exciting, engaging, encouraging, and adaptable classroom learning environment for my students' diverse needs. I want to provide a secure, courteous, and equitable learning environment for all of my students.