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In this activity, learners experiment with the Stroop Effect by challenging themselves and others to try and read a list of colors as quickly and accurately as possible, with a twist.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a three-dimensional ambiguous cube to explore visual illusions and how our brains interpret or misinterpret information.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about depth perception, learners create an optical illusion in a shoe box.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (3rd activity on the page), learners taste test different foods and categorize them as sweet, bitter, sour, or salty. Learners compare their results with the group.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Use this activity (13th activity on the page) to introduce learners to the sense of touch. Learners collect objects of varying textures like feathers, rocks, sand, etc.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (10th activity on the page) about the sense of touch, learners make Braille letters out of cork or cardboard and map pins.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (25th on the page) about learning and memory, learners explore a training method that animal trainers employ called "shaping." Working in pairs, learners will attempt to "shape" each

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (26th on the page), learners construct an easy-to-build device and test motor learning.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (1st activity on the page), learners explore their sense of taste and the structure of the tongue by taste-testing various foods.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes