Year 3’s Visit the Secondary Science Lab

As part of their science unit on light, Year 3 students had the chance to explore the Secondary Science laboratory, a space that felt worlds apart from their usual classrooms. This shift in setting sparked immediate curiosity.

One of the highlights for the students was watching a laser beam cut through a smoke-filled light box. For the first time, students could see how light travels – straight lines, sharp angles, bouncing off mirrors. Concepts that had felt abstract in class suddenly made sense and you could almost hear the gears turning in their minds.

Next came refraction. Using a prism, Khun Turbo, our science technician, demonstrated how white light splits into a spectrum of colours. The room came alive as students took in the transformation; then came the questions. “Is this how real rainbows form?” “Does light always bend like that?” “What if the material changes?” Their curiosity was in full flow.

Throughout the visit, students connected classroom vocabulary, reflection, refraction, opaque, transparent, to real-world examples. Seeing these ideas in action gave them a deeper understanding and sparked conversations that continued well after the session ended.