Light from Other Sources

Expedition Date: December

Location: BUEI (Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute)

Expedition Description:Let There Be Light! A Hands-On Science Lab

Join us for this hands-on Light Lab where science comes to life! Students will explore light through fun experiments and interactive activities, discovering how light helps us see the world around us and where it comes from. During this energetic session, pupils will play with shadows, explore simple circuits and discover how light and colour move; all through hands-on fun. To finish, the lab transforms into a colourful shadow dance party, where students use light and colour to create their own glowing shapes and movements!

Students will:

• Identify natural and artificial sources of light
• Understand that darkness is the absence of light
• Explore how the Earth’s movement causes day and night
• Investigate how light travels, reflects, and refracts
• Observe how light changes in different environments, including the ocean
• Explore how light interacts with materials (transparent, translucent, opaque)
• Experiment with shadows, colour, and simple light effects

Curriculum Links:

• 2Ps.02 – Know that darkness is the absence of light
• 2Ps.01 – Know that there are many light sources, including the Sun
• 2ESs.01 – Describe the apparent movement of the Sun during the day
• 2Pe.01 – Identify how we use electricity and describe how to be safe with it
• 2Pe.02 – Recognise the components of simple circuits (introduced)

This interactive experience supports scientific inquiry, encouraging students to observe, predict, and explore through play, movement and experimentation.

A free copy of the Mentor Text is provided at the expedition: 

Vocabulary Voyage

The P2 Light from Other Sources thematic unit is built around the mentor text, supporting ELA curriculum-aligned literacy learning alongside an experiential school visit with AgraLiving as part of the Horizons Programme.

The Vocabulary Voyage offers a set of optional resources designed to enrich language learning in an engaging and practical way. Three short, flexible vocabulary activities encourage pupils to develop language through through small-group discussion, collaboration and creative thinking. Two additional independent writing tasks, linked to the theme of the unit, provide structured opportunities for pupils to apply new vocabulary in meaningful written contexts.

These resources ssupport oral language development, vocabulary growth, comprehension, and writing skills, while remaining easy to incorporate into short literacy blocks or small pockets of classroom time.