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In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make flipbooks of drawings showing the progression of a Total Solar Eclipse.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners build an animation tool to make mini movies. When you spin a phenakistascope, the pictures move so quickly that your eyes and brain can't separate the images.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make a thaumatrope, an old-fashioned optical illusion that dates back to the 1820s.

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