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CD Spinner
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In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.
Size and Distance
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In this activity about depth perception, learners create an optical illusion in a shoe box.
Don't Be Nerve-ous
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In this activity, learners discover a brain process called habituation.
How Our Environment Affects Color Vision
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.
Sliding Gray Step
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How can you make one shade of gray look like two? By putting it against two different color backgrounds! This activity allows learners to perform this sleight of hand very easily.
Your Father's Nose
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In this fun optics activity, learners explore principles of light, reflection (mirrors), and perception. Learners work in pairs and sit on opposite sides of a "two-way" mirror.
Mirror-Tracing
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This mirror-tracing activity related to proprioception is a visual and motor test that involves learning a new motor skill.
Mix-N-Match Light
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This is an online exhibit about color perception. Learners set a random background color and then try to mix red, blue, and green light to match.
Colored Shadows
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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.