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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the path of light as it reflects off of mirrors and how this is used in telescopes.

In this optics activity, learners discover that not all shadows are black. Learners explore human color perception by using colored lights to make additive color mixtures.

In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.

Learners use two mirrors to explore how images of images of images can repeat forever.

Make a big canvas of iridescent color with pvc pipe! In this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll need to cut and assemble some PVC pipe, but the pay-off, the soap-bubble canvas, is big.

In this optics activity, learners explore interference by adding wax blocks to a ripple tank.

In this optics activity, learners explore diffraction by adding wax blocks to a ripple tank. The wedge-shaped blocks act as obstacles that the wave must bend around.

In this activity, learners discover that it's difficult to distinguish between two different shades of gray when they aren't separated by a boundary.

Learners mix a solution containing luminol and copper with a fake blood solution. A chemical reaction between the luminol solution and fake blood (hydrogen peroxide) show learners a blue glow.

This activity models the way Landsat satellites use a thermal infrared sensor to measure land surface temperatures.