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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.

Our Sense of Sight: Color Vision
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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

Earth's Energy Cycle: Albedo
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In this activity, learners experiment and observe how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight our planet absorbs.

Colors, Colors?
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In this activity related to the famous "Stroop Effect," learners explore how words influence what we see and how the brain handles "mixed messages." Learners read colored words and are asked to say th

Three Circles of Pigments
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In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

How Our Environment Affects Color Vision
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.

CD Spectrometer
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In this activity, learners use a compact disc to make a spectrometer, an instrument used to measure properties of light.

Dye Like A Natural
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In this activity, learners stain fabrics--on purpose!

Laser Jello
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In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.