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Liquid Lens
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In this activity, learners discover that they can create a lens from a water drop. Learners test their lens by looking at words or pictures.

Two Lenses in One
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In this activity about light, learners explore how water can refract light and change the way they see things.

Water Sphere Lens
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In this activity about light and refraction, learners make a lens and magnifying glass by filling a bowl with water.

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

Bending Light
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In this optics activity, learners make a lens and explore how the eye manipulates the light that enters it.
Guiding Light
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In this optics activity, learners use glass and water to demonstrate total internal reflection (TIR).

Periscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.

Critical Angle
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In this optics activity, learners examine how a transparent material such as glass or water can actually reflect light better than any mirror.

Tools of Magnification
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In this activity related to microbes, learners use water drops and hand lenses to begin the exploration of magnification. This activity also introduces learners to the microscope.
Fish Eyes: More than Meets the Eye
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In this data collection and analysis activity, learners evaluate fish physiology and ecology using vision research data from Dr.