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This simple hands-on activity demonstrates why the sky appears blue on a sunny day and red during sunrise and sunset.

In this activity, learners use their strength to light a light bulb. A chain made from paper clips is placed in series with a battery and flashlight bulb.

In this activity, learners create a water prism to break light into the seven colors of the rainbow.

In this activity, learners discover what happens when they crush wintergreen-flavored candies in a very dark room.

In this activity about light and reflection, learners use a special device called a Mirage Maker™ to create an illusion.

In this activity, learners explore what happens when polarized white light passes through a sugar solution.

This resource contains several mini-explorations using a slide projector as a light source to investigate light and the properties of images.

In this activity, learners make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

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.

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

In this trick, hold your hand over a burning candle without getting burned, by reflecting and transmitting the light of two candles. This activity is best suited as a demonstration.

This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

In this activity, learners use a laser pointer, empty soda bottle, rubber plug and water to demonstrate total internal reflection.

In this optics activity, demonstrate diffraction using a candle or a small bright flashlight bulb and a slide made with two pencils.

In this activity, a lightbulb is placed in front of a concave mirror. The actual lightbulb is not visible to the viewer, but the viewer can see the mirror image of the lightbulb formed in space.

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

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

Learners test solutions of water, sugar, salt, and hydrochloric acid for electrical conductivity. They immerse leads from a lighting device (a battery pack connected to an LED) into each solution.

In this space science activity, learners explore transits and the conditions when a transit may be seen.

This is a quick activity/demonstration that introduces learners to the concept of index of refraction. Learners place stirring rods in a jar of water and notice they can see them clearly.