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In this activity, learners investigate parallax, a method used to measure distances to stars and planets in the solar system.

If you have lights, cardboard, scissors, and some brass fasteners, you can make shadow puppets! Create a story-telling and design challenge for your learners with this simple and creative activity.

In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.

In this online activity, learners make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. They can change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or they can filter white light.

In this easy demonstration (3rd on the page), learners explore depth perception by conducting a test with two pencils.

In this activity (17th on the page), learners investigate why you cannot see colors in dim light.

In this quick activity/demonstration (5th on the page), learners explore depth perception.

In this activity, learners use a simple trick of perspective to dress friends in tiny cutout clothing. Learners make tiny pants out of card stock and tape them to the end of a stick.

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.