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In this four-part activity, learners explore light and sound through a variety of hands-on investigations.

In this optics activity, learners make a lens and explore how the eye manipulates the light that enters it.

In this activity, learners observe what happens when they give a light source like a neon glow lamp a "Bronx Cheer." The lights appear to wiggle back and forth and flicker when learners blow air throu

In this activity, learners examine how colored lenses act like filters and absorb all colors of light except for the color of the lenses.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create and observe moire patterns.

This is an activity (located on page 131 of the PDF) related to sleep and circadian rhythms as well as space travel.

In this activity, learners explore their eye pupils and how they change.

In this activity related to light and perception, learners use a pinhole in an index card as a magnifying glass to help their eye focus on a nearby object.

In this activity about light and refraction, learners discover how a lens creates an image that hangs in midair.

In this activity (6th on the page), learners investigate how photoreceptors in the eye (rods and cones) "adapt" to low light conditions.

In this quick and simple activity about reflexes (at the top of the webpage), learners conduct a simple test to explore pupillary response.

In this activity, learners create a cylindrical mirror to see themselves as others see them.

In this activity (1st on the page), learners find their blind spot--the area on the retina without receptors that respond to light.

In this activity (17th on the page), learners investigate why you cannot see colors in dim light.

In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.

In this activity (posted on March 20, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a stroboscope, a device that exploits the persistence of vision to make moving objects appear slow or stationary.

Create an illusion where it appears that your hand has a hole in it. You'll see the results from when one eye gets conflicting information.

Do you have a hard time matching paint swatches with your furniture? When you consider human perception, color is context dependent.

In this activity, learners conduct a simple test to find their blind spot.

In this demonstration (18th on the page), learners conduct a simple test to explore how the cornea refracts light, which is further bent by the eye lens through a process known as accommodation.