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Home » Early Years Science » Preschool Science » Learn about transparent materials with Twinkl

Learn about transparent materials with Twinkl

Modified: Jun 8, 2023 · Published: Nov 25, 2012 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

I reviewed Twinkl Educational Resources recently and was amazed by the sheer amount of fun and educational activities available. Twinkl has a huge range of free materials catering for Early Years, KS1 and KS2, which can be downloaded and printed, as well as extra premium resources that you pay an annual subscription to have access to.

The site is easy to navigate and helpfully divided into different subject areas. I was of course, drawn straight to the science section. My 5-year-old has been learning about materials at school this term, so I knew he would enjoy this transparent vs non-transparent activity, which is a great way to learn about transparent materials.

The idea is to decide whether the items on the squares are transparent or not.

Learn about transparent materials

We talked about how transparent objects look clear, and you can see straight through them, whilst non-transparent objects you cannot see through. We call these opaque.

I took the activity a step further and collected some objects from around the house, and asked the children to classify them as transparent or non -transparent.

Learn about transparent materials

They did a fantastic job sorting the objects for me.

As they did so well with the sorting, I then showed them some tracing paper. We talked about how we couldn’t see through it when we tried to look, but if we put it on top of another piece of paper we could see the drawing underneath. Tracing paper is an example of a translucent object.

Why can you see through a transparent object?

The reason we can see through transparent objects is that they transmit light without scattering it.

Last Updated on June 8, 2023 by Emma Vanstone

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  1. TheBoyandMe

    November 25, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Love this activity! I’ve used Twinkl quite a bit as a teacher and now as a mum it’s one of my first ports of call. This activity is super simple and really effective.

    Reply
    • ScienceSparks

      November 25, 2012 at 9:40 pm

      Thanks lovely. x

      Reply
  2. Heather Twinkl

    November 25, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    Love this idea, I really like the way you’ve applied your knowledge of science to this post about twinkl! 🙂

    Reply
  3. maggy, red ted art

    November 27, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    My son brought home an activity they did today with the twinkl logo on it.. it is obviously a great resource for his school!

    Reply
  4. maggy, red ted art

    November 28, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    (and Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy)

    Reply
  5. Isil

    December 05, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Sounds like a great resource.Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  6. Phoebe

    November 07, 2014 at 12:03 am

    Cool Thanks for sharing!!!

    Reply

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