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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.

If you had a long tube with a 5 millimeter wide slit, would you see the entire Golden Gate Bridge?

Design and create an optical illusion toy that makes two pictures appear to become one. This is called a thaumatrope and will allow the learner to investigate the phenomenon of persistence of vision.

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

In this activity, learners make an optical illusion toy from the 1800s to explore persistence of vision.

In this activity, learners will make a thaumatrope, an old-fashioned optical illusion that dates back to the 1820s.