Transparent, Translucent or Opaque

This week in Science, Year 3 have been learning about how much light can travel through different objects. The children learnt that materials that allow all light to pass through are called transparent. Materials that allow some light to pass through are called translucent and materials that don't allow any light to pass through are called opaque. The children then used a torch to see how much light would pass through: wood, tracing paper, glass, card, carpet, fabric, cellophane and newspaper.