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You will find that the cartoons are too junior for upper end of the KS2 children between 7 and 11 aimed at in the following selection. Be careful not to become £82.20 lighter in the bank department!

1. BBC Bitesize lessons for children are complicated to find and include cartoon children.
2. Click here and select the first video. Click the link "Seymour Science - Light" and you are taken to a box offering more links.
3. Click "Original" and you are taken to the video.
4. Avoid pages asking for your card details.
5. If you are lucky, you should find this video.
6. Seymour Science - Light from Splinter on Vimeo.
7. An adult family member will need to register, complete bank card details and a trial for 30 days can be chosen.
8. Care must be taken not to be charged £82.20. here One presumes to have registered first.
9. If the video plays it lasts for 90 seconds. All that your child learns is:
10. When there is no light it is dark.
11. Glasses you drink from are transparent, a cereal bowl is opaque - you can't see through it and it leaves a shadow.
12. A metal spoon reflects light.
13. Text initalicsis from the page on Bitesize in case you can't find it.
14. Home learning focus
15. Learn about light and dark
16. This lesson includes:
17. Two videos to help children to recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light. Also, how light behaves with transparent, reflective and opaque objects.
18. three practise (sic) activities to help reinforce learning
19. If the video plays it lasts for a minute. All that you learn is:
20. When there is no light it is dark.
21. Glasses you drink from are transparent, a cereal bowl is opaque - you can't see through it and it leaves a shadow.
22. A metal spoon reflects light.
23. Light comes from a number of different places, like the sun, fire, or from electricity in lamps and torches. Without it, we cannot see anything - only darkness.
24. You should never look directly at the sun, even if you're wearing sunglasses, it can damage your eyes.
25. Light behaves differently with objects:
26. Transparent objects such as glass allow light to pass through.
27. Reflective surfaces like a mirror or a shiny spoon, bounce the light off the surface.
28. Opaque objects block the light and create shadows.
29. Try the link here. One presumes to have registered first.
30. Try Science KS2: The work of Sir Isaac Newton here