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In this activity, learners make a photographic image--without a camera!

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners mix a solution of luminol with hydrogen peroxide to produce a reaction that gives off blue light.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore what happens when polarized white light passes through a sugar solution.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this math activity related to light, learners explore why a light, such as a candle or a streetlight, looks dimmer the farther away from it we get.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners set up a night time insect observation station with a light and sheet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners explore why the sky is blue and the sunset is red, using a simple setup comprising a transparent plastic box, water, and powdered milk.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this STEAM activity, learners create a "pixel tube" to explore reflections of light and color mixing.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

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

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity about light and perception, learners create pictures in thin air.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the invisible infrared radiation from an electric heater.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this optics/mathematics activity, learners use two hinged mirrors to create a kaleidoscope that shows multiple images of an object.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore chemiluminescence and fluorescence. Learners examine 3 different solutions in regular light, in the dark with added bleach solution, and under a black light.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners use two mirrors to explore how images of images of images can repeat forever.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity about light and perception, learners discover how a flash of light can create a lingering image called an "afterimage" on the retina of the eye.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore light, color and rainbows by making their own rainbow glasses.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes