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Learn how to construct a light box by following simple figures and instructions. This guide includes tips on how to assemble a light box; related activities are featured in separate resources.

In this activity, learners make prisms from gelatin. Learners then shine light through the prisms and discover what happens. This activity introduces learners to the idea of refraction.

In this online activity, learners make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. They can change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or they can filter white light.

In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.

In this activity, learners will build a model of a nebula using cotton balls and colored water. Astronomers photograph nebulas and add colors to provide information about the nebula's composition.

In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.

In this activity, learners investigate how some butterfly wings get their color.

In this activity, learners will see how UV light affects colors over time by making their own sunprint on construction paper.

This fun, nighttime hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore how long it takes for light from different objects in the universe to reach Earth.

Look at pictures through different color filters and you'll see them in a new way. People have used color filters in beautiful photography or sending secret messages.

In this activity, learners will make homemade jello that glows under a blacklight. They will learn about quinine, an ingredient in tonic water that is fluorescent.

This science activity demonstrates the dominant eye phenomena. What does your brain do when it sees two images that conflict?

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

In this quick activity, learners practice locating a constellation in a map of very dark skies.

Use this Moon Map Guide to help learners identify features on the Moon, while looking through a telescope.

In this activity, learners explore the principles of magnetism by observing how various materials interact with magnets and superconductors.

In this activity, learners use clear nail polish to create a beautiful iridescent pattern on black paper. Learners discover that a thin film creates iridescent, rainbow colors.

This is a highly visual demonstration that illustrates both the effects of density and chemical reactions.

In this activity, learners discover that nanoparticles of gold can appear red, orange or even blue. They learn that a material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.